Residents of Stockholm, Sweden, looked up at the night sky on Sunday night and thought they were beyond the Arctic Circle and witnessed the Northern Lights or a UFO invasion.
These lights were not polar lights (and not UFOs, this is important), they are known as "pillars of light" According to the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, this is the light reflected in ice crystals that forms in the air when it's cold. Similar pillars of light were also photographed elsewhere, although no signs of unidentified flying objects followed.
A similar phenomenon in Nebraska
Arctic air, combined with steam from the river and steam from factory chimneys, produces columns of light over Blair, Nebraska, thanks to ice crystals floating in the air. The setting moon adds its own column of light to the spectacle.
Recently, residents of Yekaterinburg and Krasnoyarsk also encountered a similar phenomenon.
And also a strange incident took place in Veliky Novgorod less than a week ago, on November 27. Immediately in several districts of the city, after a bright flash in the sky, the lights went out, the Veliky Novgorod.ru news agency reports.
The incident was recorded on camera by several eyewitnesses. The videos posted on the Internet caused a flurry of comments, and Novgorodians on social networks began to seriously discuss the coming Apocalypse.
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According to eyewitnesses, the city during this incomprehensible glow was left not only without electricity. Cable TV did not work, the radio stopped listening. According to some social media users, mobile phones stopped receiving the signal.
Soon the power supply was restored, but the work of cable television remained interrupted by several operators at once.
The regional department of the Russian Emergencies Ministry also did not confirm the data on the state of emergency at Vostochnaya. “We did not receive any reports of explosions, for any accidents, our employees did not go to the substation,” said Alexander Zuev, head of the press service. It is not surprising that most continue to seriously discuss the version of the sign of the coming Apocalypse.