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A Sun Pillar in Red and Violet
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[z]Barbara Harris
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06.02.2006 00:00
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A Sun Pillar in Red and Violet
Explanation:
Sometimes the unknown is beautiful.
In 2000 February near Lake Tahoe,
Nevada
,
two amateur photographers noticed an unusual red
column of light
rise
mysteriously from a
setting sun
.
During the next few minutes, they were able to capture the
pillar
and a
photogenic sunset
on film.
Pictured above, the
red column
is seen above a serene
Lake Tahoe
and snow-capped mountains across from
Lake Tahoe-Nevada State Park
.
The mysterious column, they learned later, is a
Sun Pillar
,
a phenomenon where sunlight reflects off of distant falling
ice crystals
.
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