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Light Pillars

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:20 pm
by El Rhino
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.

Re: Light Pillars

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:35 pm
by El Rhino
Ok, can't see them anymore.

Re: Light Pillars

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:46 pm
by BellowingBeast
you can see the same thing with the sun sometimes, but its because of some gas effect or something.

Re: Light Pillars

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 12:28 am
by robdigi
you guys are soooooooo high.

Re: Light Pillars

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 2:20 am
by El Rhino
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.

Re: Light Pillars

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 2:53 am
by Walking Thunder
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.

Re: Light Pillars

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 7:55 pm
by Cosmo
when it happens with the sunlight, I think it's called sundogs. Not sure on that, but they're pretty sweet when very pronounced.

Re: Light Pillars

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:12 pm
by Wheatstache

Re: Light Pillars

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:38 pm
by Hank Fist
sundogs/moondogs?
Check out the Fisted Glory tune.