What look like light sabers or giant spotlights shooting straight up in the sky, light pillars are one of the most magnificent optical illusions. Light pillars occur when plate-shaped ice crystals ...

Others likened the lights to beams cast from an alien spaceship. Known as “light pillars,” the atmospheric optical phenomenon is caused “when light is refracted by ice crystals,” according ...

The CU IES Chapter is a community committed to inspiring those interested in lighting by providing tools for career success and building a shared knowledge base, while promoting engagement with ...

Ohio was recently treated to a rare light pillar sighting. They look like beams of light from an alien spaceship, but light pillars are definitely of this world. The name describes a weather ...

Columns of light: Sun pillar leaves skywatchers beaming before and after the wolf moon lights the night sky The more street lamps, the more columns of light beaming up into the sky. Those columns ...

The effect is known as light pillars. It’s something that occurs during the winter months on occasion when conditions are just right. Typically, it happens in very cold air masses when moisture ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — If you saw light pillars shining down from the sky early Tuesday morning in Kansas City, don’t fret. You’re not crazy, you’re eyesight isn’t going, and no, we are not ...