Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Winter Solstice Sunrise

A sun pillar showed up just before the sun made its appearance. A sun pillar is caused by light reflecting off ice crystals.

2 comments:

Kelly said...

That orange beam of light is the sun pillar. The sun didn't make its appearance for another 5-10 mins or so.

You can't see it that well in the pic but it extends up into into the sky like a pillar.

Kelly said...

If you google "sun pillar" and click on images there are tons of pics that are better than mine. :) (stupid camera!)