Family receives hundreds of responses after asking for photos of the "sun pillar" that appeared as their mother was dying. “If I was a religious man, I’d say that’s the ...

That's called a sun pillar. According to the National Weather Service, the optical phenomenon appears as a vertical shaft of light, visible most often at sunrise or sundown.

Light pillars can emanate from any light source, such as streetlights, headlights on a car or even the moon. Sun Pillar. The same phenomenon can occur with the sun as the light source, called a ...

A sun pillar, according to Layden, is a vertical shaft of light that is reflected off of ice crystals in the atmosphere. “They’re not super common in Tennessee, but usually spotted at sunrise ...

Certain weather conditions are creating light pillars and sun dogs. This only happens when temperatures fall below 14 degrees and we have some humidity.

Light pillars appear as vertical lights extending up above a light source, usually city lights this time of year. They can also happen with the sun; we call them sun pillars.

A skier in Austria captured a stunning sun pillar, a rare optical phenomenon where ice crystals reflect sunlight, creating a vertical column of light. This event, commonly seen during sunrise or ...

Rare and remarkable light pillars caused by ice crystals have been spotted in New England. Posted on X (formerly Twitter) by WPTZ meteorologist Marissa Vigevani, the images show an array of ...

FILE - Sun pillar viewed from Asheville, North Carolina. (Grant W. Goodge / NWS / FOX Weather) Light pillars can also be created by sunlight, as shown in the images above.

FILE - Sun pillar viewed from Asheville, North Carolina. (Grant W. Goodge / NWS / FOX Weather) Light pillars can also be created by sunlight, as shown in the images above.

FILE - Sun pillar viewed from Asheville, North Carolina. (Grant W. Goodge / NWS / FOX Weather) Light pillars can also be created by sunlight, as shown in the images above.