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by xstevesmithx
Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:35 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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Re: Unusual Light Pillars Over Latvia (2009 January 12)

IMO, it appears to be an incomplete "kern arc" or circumzenithal arc: http://www.ursa.fi/blogit/media/blogs/haloreports/riikonen/Jaakko_Tahti_2301_panoraama.jpg They are also seen in artificial lights, such as the image under discussion. This page has many examples of arcs and pillars: htt...