Tuesday evening just before sundown, there was a dramatic and very colorful sun pillar over Vermont. It lasted for several minutes, and I was fortunate to be able to get some photos of it after Jann screamed at me “look at the sky”. I grabbed a camera before I looked.
Hexagonal plates of ice crystals falling like leaves in the sky reflect light from the sun and form a sun pillar, vertically above or below the sun. This often happens at sunrise or sunset and the results can be quite colorful.
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Here is a closer view of the sun pillar. It is just north of the Okemo Mountain ski area on Ludlow Mountain.
After the sun pillar faded I got a photo of the late light over Mount Ascutney.
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