Unknown Atmospheric Appearance
Taken by Aaron Schroeder on March 1, 2015 @ East Lansing, Michigan, USA Was on the top of a parking structure enforcing parking code on Michigan State University's campus at the time.
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Vertical, thin pillars of light in the Eastern sky approx. 2 hours before sunrise. They appear to be of varying heights and distances, and were a translucent gray color. They did not appear to be related to the lights of any of the buildings. Photo taken with the standard setting of a Samsung Galaxy S5 camera, photo brightness enhanced.
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I had those here in Minnesota one night and it scared my friend and I so much. At first we though northern lights were coming in but as we drove closer to one, we found out what it was. They are just light from buildings. I dont know it they are hitting ice particles or what but that night there was also a halo around the moon so its probably ice particles. They are so weird looking. We drove towards an orange one and ended up at a church. Another was by a Wal-Mart.
Posted by andermic011 2015-03-01 20:55:53
Its called -Light Pillars-.

http://www.atoptics.co.uk/halo/lpil.htm

;-)
Posted by Sylvain 2015-03-02 16:37:15
 
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