Sun pillar

This morning in my home town Tartu was very cold but also beautiful. Sky above the rising sun was bright red and there was a very prominent column of light. This atmospheric optical phenomenon is known as sun pillar. It is caused by sunlight reflecting from ice crystals with near horizontal planar surfaces.

Sun pillar above rising Sun
Sun pillar above the rising Sun.


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