RB
02-08-2006, 05:55 PM
I was treated to a spectacular sun pilar at sunset this evening and managed to snap this photo.
It was a spectacular sight and lasted for well over ten minutes.
This image is straight out of the camera, just cropped and saved as jpg for the forum.
Sun Pilars (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo)
Wikipedia defines them as follows:
"Hexagonal plate- and column-shaped ice crystals cause the phenomenon. Plate crystals generally cause pillars only when the sun is within 6 degrees of the horizon, or below it; column crystals can cause a pillar when the sun is as high as 20 degrees above the horizon. The crystals tend to orient themselves near-horizontally as they fall or float through the air, and the width and visibility of a sun pillar depends on crystal alignment."
It was a spectacular sight and lasted for well over ten minutes.
This image is straight out of the camera, just cropped and saved as jpg for the forum.
Sun Pilars (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo)
Wikipedia defines them as follows:
"Hexagonal plate- and column-shaped ice crystals cause the phenomenon. Plate crystals generally cause pillars only when the sun is within 6 degrees of the horizon, or below it; column crystals can cause a pillar when the sun is as high as 20 degrees above the horizon. The crystals tend to orient themselves near-horizontally as they fall or float through the air, and the width and visibility of a sun pillar depends on crystal alignment."