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by DocFrank
Mon Jan 12, 2009 3:48 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Unusual Light Pillars Over Latvia (2009 Jan 12)
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Latvia lights

Beautiful! I would like to posit that the cone shape formed at the top is a result of heat dispersal. As the lights are hot at their source and the temperature of the surrounding atmosphere is very cold there should be a point at which the temperature of the beam generated is no longer to maintain c...