Ice Pillars
Taken by Justin Cowart on December 31, 2014 @
Alto Pass, IL
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Camera Used: NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5100
Exposure Time: 1/1
Aperture: f/4.2
ISO: 2500
Date Taken: 2014:12:31 03:49:49
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Starting around midnight a layer of thin high clouds moved in over the Moon. For the next hour or so there was a bright elliptical glow around the Moon, as well as fainter columns of light above and below it. A thicker layer of clouds moved in for a while and covered up the display, but right around moonset it began to clear up again. As the clouds parted it revealed an absolutely astonishing moon pillar. I've seen a few before, but this one was easily the brightest. It looked like a searchlight beaming up through the clouds! I ran up to the nearest overlook to get a better look, and found that nearby cities had ice pillars over them as well. Not a night I'll easily forget!
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