The amazing columns of light ... what they really are!

2020-12-04 2020-12-04T14:56:24Z
رنا السيلاوي
رنا السيلاوي
محرر أخبار - قسم التواصل الاجتماعي

Arabia's Weather - Light Pillars is an amazing visual phenomenon that appears when layers of ice crystals form in the lower atmosphere above an artificial light source on the surface of the earth, or from moonlight, and these crystals are often arranged in flat hexagonal shapes , So they become like mirrors that reflect light back and forth between them, which creates this effect from the pillars of light in the night sky, and the larger the size of the crystals, the greater the clarity of this effect.

 

These light pillars may be very close to the Earth's surface, when the air temperature that night is low enough to allow ice mirrors to form at lower altitudes than usual.

 

Also, a pillar of light can be formed from sunlight during the day, especially when the sun is low on the horizon at sunrise or sunset, so it is called the Sun Pillars .

 

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.
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