Starship Asterisk*

Experiment: Perhaps the ambient light theory could be tested by blocking some of the light being emitted from the light pole. Specifically, by placing a shield on a horizontal plane around the top of the light pole. Imagine the tree in the picture below as the top of the light pole where the bulb is...

I have not read through all the posts, but here is my theory on this. Because the ice crystals do not fall as fast as rain, they tend to float down to earth. As they float farther down toward the surface they should slow and build up enough in density to develop a layer that you can see (like many o...