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Sun Pillar

This sun pillar this morning lasted for 15 minutes at least.

These are caused by the sunlight being reflected by ice crystals in the air. If you look closely at the bright area around the sun on this photo you will see that there was a very fine snow (Diamond Dust?) in the air at this time.

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Uploaded on January 15, 2006
Taken on January 15, 2006