Pillars of light rush into the night sky. It may seem as if the forces of an alien invasion have directed their rays of light down at us to take over our small planet, but in fact this is a purely natural phenomenon. All that is needed to achieve this amazing special effect is light and water.
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This is one of the most beautiful phenomena in the atmosphere. Especially in cities where there are many light sources of different colors. A prerequisite for the appearance of light columns is a low temperature (from –20 C), no wind and the presence of a large number of ice crystals in the atmosphere. Ice crystals, in turn, should be predominantly flat (diamond-shaped). When dropped in the air, they will try to take a horizontal position and begin to work like small mirrors.
The light pole looks like a narrow column rising vertically upward and / or descending downward from the light source, and it really looks like a kind of transport beam, especially if it happens at night and is caused by exposure to artificial light.
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