Local photographer, Sheri Minardi sends in this beautiful shot of Queen Street East Saturday night featuring “pillars”
Sherri writes, “I thought I would share my image with you regarding the light pillars that were visible last evening at the end of Queen St. E. around 10:00 pm last night. It is a rare weather phenomena.”
Light pillars occur when natural or artificial light reflects off flat ice crystals in the air close to the Earth’s surface. Light pillars caused by the Sun are called Solar or Sun pillars, while those caused by the Moon’s light are called Lunar or Moon pillars.
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Jeremy Swyers
Phenomenon
“Light pillars occur when natural or artificial light reflects off flat ice crystals in the air close to the Earth’s surface. Light pillars caused by the Sun are called Solar or Sun pillars, while those caused by the Moon’s light are called Lunar or Moon pillars.”
Translation: Aliens.
London Ontario
Ben Manary
Snow making crew member at searchmont saaid it was the crystals from the snow guns hitting the lights. Maybe the same thing from the river in Soo…
ya looks wild,
Shawn Cote
Kerry MacDonaldd
Beautiful rare photo
Nice .. Sheri Bayles Minardi
Thank you!
I seen them last night when i left the hospital around 12:45. Thought some company had lights on. Very cool they were
View from my house on Hult Rd. Big pine in the way but on each side is the resort. Snow making crew were working..
Searchmont resort, 3am
My husband and our 2 teenagers saw this exact same thing here in St. Catharines this morning at around 6:30 am.! My search for what this phenomenon was, led me to your article. One of the beams of light was pulsing. I wish they’d woken me up to see it as well!
Nicely done .
wonder what made them but beautiful picture of it
A light pillar is an atmospheric optical phenomenon in the form of a vertical band of light which appears to extend above and/or below a light source. The effect is created by the reflection of light from numerous tiny ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere or clouds. (Wikipedia).
Sheri Bayles Minardi oh wow very rare
Thrilled to get it. 😉
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