Sun Like a Candle': Volgograd Residents See Light Pillars in Sky
Over the past few days, residents across the Volgograd region have repeatedly noticed an unusual shape of the Sun in the sky, resembling either a pillar or a candle. And at nightfall, when the main celestial body hid, light stripes appeared in the sky, as if someone was shining a flashlight downwards. We explain what it is.
Most likely, residents of the region saw light or solar pillars in the sky — these are exactly those light stripes striving from the sky to the ground. The reason for the appearance of light pillars is the active movement of air currents in the atmosphere and a sharp drop in temperature, which is very relevant for the Volgograd region in recent days. We look and admire the beauty.
Recall that a little over a week ago, readers of V1.RU shared photos of another unusual natural phenomenon, a halo, which looks like a bright light or rainbow halo around the Sun.
— This phenomenon is caused primarily by ice crystals in cirrus clouds in the upper layers of the troposphere at an altitude of 5–10 kilometers, — once explained planetarium methodologist Galina Timonina. — It comes in different shapes. Circles are the most common. They usually appear around light sources — the Sun or the Moon. A halo is often a symptom of bad weather.
