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A light pillar or ice pillar is an atmospheric optical phenomenon in which a vertical beam of light appears to extend above and/or below a light source. The effect is created by the reflection of light from tiny ice crystals that are suspended in the atmosphere or that comprise high-altitude clouds (e.g. cirrostratus or cirrus clouds). [1]
Record-low temperatures chilled New England on Friday, leading to a cold-weather phenomenon that's rarely seen in the United States. A handful of folks in Burlington, Vermont, caught sight of a ...
An Arctic blast of cold air is expected to hit much of the U.S. into next week, sending temperatures plummeting.. More than 230 million Americans are being impacted by the “dangerously cold ...
The cold temps will be replaced by much milder air next week, but the warmth will come after a frigid, snowy weekend for portions of the northeastern U.S. Up to a foot of snow is expected near the ...
The ice crystals responsible for halos are typically suspended in cirrus or cirrostratus clouds in the upper troposphere (5–10 km (3.1–6.2 mi)), but in cold weather they can also float near the ground, in which case they are referred to as diamond dust. The particular shape and orientation of the crystals are responsible for the type of ...
Aurora australis seen from the ISS, 2017 [1]. An aurora [a] (pl. aurorae or auroras), [b] also commonly known as the northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora australis), [c] is a natural light display in Earth's sky, predominantly seen in high-latitude regions (around the Arctic and Antarctic).
A powerful Arctic cold front was sweeping across the Great Lakes to the Northeast, with snow squalls accompanied by intense bursts of heavy snowfall and gusty winds that could produce whiteouts ...
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