Light Pillars - Light Map In The Sky

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Light pillars - light map in the sky
Taken by Mia Heikkilä on January 12, 2016 @ Kauttua, Eura, Finland

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Light pillars were visible in the sky, then more images appeared above. In the Taivaanvahti -site (http://www.taivaanvahti.fi) people gave hints to look if the pattern matches to local map. And there it was! Exact reversed light map of Kauttua, Eura on the sky. Now I call it #LuxEura.

Photographer's website:

http://www.taivaanvahti.fi/observations/show/47474

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Incredible ! One could also see that the map in the sky is more updated (real time) than the road map.

Posted by iovane 2016-01-14 07:02:30

This has got to be the most amusing thing Ive seen on here in years; thanks for sharing. =O)

Posted by Parsons 2016-01-14 15:15:41

that is Epic! Never seen anything like it before! Well done for spotting it!

Posted by Glaznoz 2016-01-14 20:32:22

I have never seen light pillars reaching up to Zenith before!
What a fantastic observation and very sharp eyed of you to have identified it s an upside-down projection of the city map.

/*Peter R

Posted by Peter R 2016-01-15 05:04:27

Hello from Finland!

I uploaded this first to Taivaanvahti - site to get help with naming the phenomenon.
https://www.taivaanvahti.fi/observations/show/47474
(Ursa astronomical association - https://www.ursa.fi/english.html)
Thank you all Taivaanvahti/Ursa people!
Tero Sipinen/Taivaanvahti was the first to give explanation for this in the page.

Map: National Land Survey of Finland material. Topographic map raster 1:100000 1/2016
After taking the picture I quickly got some kinda map so I could compare them. So there is some slight differences.

And now Im astonished with all the interest that this has got.

And by the way, this was my first time ever to announce a sighting! ;)

Internet article in Tähdet ja Avaruus magazine page https://www.avaruus.fi/uutiset/tahtiharrastus-ja-taivaanilmiot/huikea-havainto-euran-kadut-heijastuvat-taivaalle.html
Frontpage in Spaceweather http://spaceweather.com
Frontpage in Athmospheric Optics http://www.atoptics.co.uk an page http://www.atoptics.co.uk/fza68.htm

#LuxEura
#Taivaanvahti
#Ursa
#Spaceweather
#OPOD

Posted by -Miah- 2016-01-15 05:57:43

Splendid! Very wonderful!
And can somebody calculate how high the sky map appeared?

Posted by shiram 2016-01-15 07:32:42

Great catch, as a photo, as well as brain-wise! (It would be a good picture even without the map)

Posted by aimzzz 2016-01-15 08:25:56

addendum: I should have added that the level of detail shown by little side-streets is especially interesting. Be sure to click through to the enlarged version ;)

Posted by aimzzz 2016-01-15 08:33:00

Sounds like Taivaanvahti people might soon have some kinda calculations... :)

Posted by -Miah- 2016-01-15 15:38:25

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