More Online Drama than Afternoon Soaps

Moderators: kylervk, Joe, Hank Fist, inx515xhell

Post Reply
User avatar
El Rhino
515 Ambassador
Posts: 7869
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 4:12 am
Location: South Side.
Contact:

Light Pillars

Post by El Rhino » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:20 pm

If you go outside now (9:17pm), there's about ten light pillars in the sky. They're kind of cool. Basically it's light from the moon and other things that create big pillars of light in the sky reflecting off ice crystals. They almost kind of look like spot lights that you would see at a "grand opening" or some bullshit. So yeah, it looks kind of cool outside right now.
Image

User avatar
El Rhino
515 Ambassador
Posts: 7869
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 4:12 am
Location: South Side.
Contact:

Re: Light Pillars

Post by El Rhino » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:35 pm

Ok, can't see them anymore.
Image

User avatar
BellowingBeast
Posts: 342
Joined: Sun Oct 23, 2005 10:57 pm
Location: wall ave south

Re: Light Pillars

Post by BellowingBeast » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:46 pm

you can see the same thing with the sun sometimes, but its because of some gas effect or something.
Ego Specto Nex.

I await death

User avatar
robdigi
Posts: 3152
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 5:55 pm
Location: bedford-stuyvesant, brooklyn zoo
Contact:

Re: Light Pillars

Post by robdigi » Fri Feb 15, 2008 12:28 am

you guys are soooooooo high.
All that's missin' is the retired band teacher with the self-inflicted gunshot wound!
Image

User avatar
El Rhino
515 Ambassador
Posts: 7869
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 4:12 am
Location: South Side.
Contact:

Re: Light Pillars

Post by El Rhino » Fri Feb 15, 2008 2:20 am

BellowingBeast wrote:you can see the same thing with the sun sometimes, but its because of some gas effect or something.

You can see it with the sun due to ice crystals as well. I guess they get something a lot in the arctic/Scandanavia where it looks like there's two or four suns or something because of this.

After I posted "I can't see it anymore" I left the house and there were a ton of them out.
Image

User avatar
Walking Thunder
Posts: 1051
Joined: Sun Apr 02, 2006 3:39 pm
Location: Des Moines/Iowa City
Contact:

Re: Light Pillars

Post by Walking Thunder » Fri Feb 15, 2008 2:53 am

There goes my UFO theory. . .

I looked out the window while I was on the phone and saw some. I thought it had something to do with Prairie Meadows. Oops.
-John
Doomed to endure and prevail.

Image

User avatar
Cosmo
Posts: 877
Joined: Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:00 pm
Location: DM

Re: Light Pillars

Post by Cosmo » Sat Feb 16, 2008 7:55 pm

when it happens with the sunlight, I think it's called sundogs. Not sure on that, but they're pretty sweet when very pronounced.

User avatar
Wheatstache
Superhero
Posts: 1792
Joined: Sat Jul 08, 2006 8:06 pm
Location: School Street

Re: Light Pillars

Post by Wheatstache » Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:12 pm

Seriously

User avatar
Hank Fist
Shaolin
Posts: 6289
Joined: Mon Oct 31, 2005 3:08 pm
Location: 5-0-3-1-1

Re: Light Pillars

Post by Hank Fist » Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:38 pm

sundogs/moondogs?
Check out the Fisted Glory tune.

Post Reply