Did you spot beams of light streaming down from the sky early Tuesday morning ... These spectacular light pillars, while they might look like special effects from a science fiction movie, are ...

And the higher the ice crystals are in the sky, the higher the light pillars can reach upward. Light pillars can come from above, too. According to the National Weather Service, the light pillars ...

If you get up with the roosters, you may have recently seen a rare sight in the sky for the Central Virginia area: a sun pillar.

High clouds are composed of ice crystals-- due to their elevation in the sky-- which causes the sunlight or moonlight to be refracted and bent in a circle around the Sun or Moon. Light pillars are ...

No, not the light snow. Light Pillars. Light pillars become visible in very cold air when ice crystals line up just right, reflecting bright lights in a vertical beam. Sightings are more common when ...

DORR, Mich. — This magical scene is a bit of a reward for enduring all the frigid temps we've had lately. Light Pillars dance across the sky near Dorr due to Artic Air settling in the area Chief ...

High-resolution near-infrared light captured by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope shows extraordinary new detail ...

A column of light shot up into the sky from Mount Etna, a volcano on the Italian island of Sicily, creating a spectacle. A column of light refers to the phenomenon where sunlight is reflected by ...

Rime-covered rock pillars stretch up endlessly to the sky in the land of "Avatar" at Tianzishan Scenic Area of Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province, Mar. 6, 2025. (Photo provided to China ...