“It looked like someone from Star Trek was trying to beam people up,” Elzinga said.
Yes, it does! How cool. You can read all about the pillars of light here.
“It looked like someone from Star Trek was trying to beam people up,” Elzinga said.
Yes, it does! How cool. You can read all about the pillars of light here.
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rq says
I didn’t manage to find out if this is a quirk of the atmosphere and refractive physics or something like that, or something else… but so neat.
Nature is amazing.
Caine says
From the article:
Saad says
What a magical shot!
Marcus Ranum says
I think it’s that they’re very short “rainbows” that look straight because the light-source generating them is relatively close and is at a 45 degree angle to the viewer.
Interesting! I believe that with some study and a better understanding of the physics of rainbows, one ought to be able to make a fountain that produced this effect deliberately using mist nozzles and artificial light.
rq says
Thanks, Caine. Somehow I completely missed that. :P :)
Crip Dyke, Right Reverend Feminist FuckToy of Death & Her Handmaiden says
I imagine it’s rare because normally the water will condense out before freezing?
However it works, the effect is spectacular. Thanks for showing me something I’d never seen before!