moon pillar

moon pillar

[′mün ‚pil·ər]
(meteorology)
A halo consisting of a vertical shaft of light through the moon.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Sun and Moon pillars are vertical glowing columns above (or sometimes below) a low Sun or Moon, caused by reflection of light off the horizontal faces of floating ice crystals.
The sky at the Taurus hour
When tiny, hexagonal ice crystals float horizontally in the air, "Moon pillars" and "light pillars" can extend up and down from the Moon and from streetlights, too.
The sky at the Gemini hour
In a coming issue I will discuss Moon pillars and light pillars.
Taurus high in the icy night
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