Gorgeous Light Pillars Appeared Over Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

Sophie Melanson who is an amateur photographer recently shared an astonishing set of photos on Facebook and Twitter of ‘light pillars’ over her hometown of Moncton, New Brunswick in Eastern Canada.

According to CBC News:

“Light pillars appear when either natural or artificial light bounces off ice crystals floating close to the ground. In this case, the air was so cold that ice crystals were forming in the air, reflecting the city’s street and business lights.”

[Sophie Melanson on Facebook via Global News]

“The sky all around us was lit up by these multicoloured pillars. I just looked outside around 11pm [Dec. 29, 2017] before heading to bed (as I almost always do) and noticed it these faint pillars and they kept getting brighter and brighter as more and more appeared all around. Finally went to bed around 1am. They were getting fainter. Woke up around 6am, I looked outside and they were still there.” [source]