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by numbers_game
Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:52 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)

Perhaps the ice bearing layer of air rises adiabatically to its top, which is dimpled, as in mamata. Crystals might reflect
unevenly along occasional irregularities near the top of the saturated air, giving the appearance of a cone.