Columns of light in Latvia?

[mcsoul 10+ year member]

Have you seen this? Could be a hoax, but it looks pretty cool.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1117264/Beam-Scientists-left-baffled-mysterious-columns-coloured-light-appear-night-skies.html

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[Andrizzle 10+ year member]

shopped

 

[quins90lac 10+ year member]

they look like lighted water fountains

 

[mcsoul 10+ year member]

ice crystals.

But experts are agreed there may be a more prosaic explanation - ice crystals in the air.
The air above the town was notably cold and filled with suspended ice crystals.

It is believed that the columns were formed by those reflecting light from the bright streetlamps and other lights on the ground - beaming it back downwards again.

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

pretty cool none-the-less

 

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

nothing special, i have like 3 or 4 of em

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

of what?

 

[its_bacon12 10+ year member]

That's really cool.

 

[mcsoul 10+ year member]

That's really cool.

Yeah, I'd love to that in person.