A rare phenomenon known as sun pillars was spotted throughout the isles yesterday evening (Friday). These vertical shafts of light can extend above or below… Join the The Shetland Times mailing list ...

A rare and spectacular sunset known as a sun pillar has been captured over Seaham.

IF the phenomenon of so-called “sun pillars” can only obtain when the atmosphere is “quite free from convection currents … (which it seldom is)” [see NATURE, March 20], is it not ...

A REMARKABLY well-defined instance of this phenomenon was seen by me at this place (460 feet above mean sea-level) this afternoon. At 5.32 p.m. the sun was sinking behind a thick layer of stratus ...

That's called a sun pillar. According to the National Weather Service, the optical phenomenon appears as a vertical shaft of light, visible most often at sunrise or sundown.

Meteorologist Dalencia Jenkins teaches us what a sun pillar is, which requires super cold temperatures and a lack of wind.

Extremely cold temperatures have dominated the forecast for the past week and have caused some interesting phenomena to occur in the atmosphere. Environment and Climate Change Canada Meteorologist, ...

A skier in Austria captured a stunning sun pillar, a rare optical phenomenon where ice crystals reflect sunlight, creating a vertical column of light.

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - When it’s extremely cold and sunny, atmospheric optics can appear, including sun and moon dogs, halos, and light pillars. To create atmospheric optics we need two things ...

Light pillars can emanate from any light source, such as streetlights, headlights on a car or even the moon. Sun Pillar The same phenomenon can occur with the sun as the light source, called a sun ...

Sun Pillar The same phenomenon can occur with the sun as the light source, called a sun pillar. This occurs as the sun is setting and the same plate-shaped ice crystals are present.