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Friday the 13th the residents of Chelyabinsk saw in the sky unusual glow

Added	Mon, 16/12/2019
Источники	planet-today.ru
Дата публикации	Sat, 14/12/2019
Версии	Light (solar) pole

In the evening of the 13th of December, the residents of Chelyabinsk were able to observe a unique atmospheric phenomenon. At sunset in South Ural the sky appeared a bright light pillar, which is also called solar. As a result, numerous images of this rare beauty flooded the Network.

According to experts, such atmospheric phenomenon is characteristic only for the winter time. Often it is possible to see frosty in the evening, and and where extreme temperatures prevail, usually in the far North. And perfectly contoured sun pillars are extremely rare. In fact, the origin of such unique and rare beauty of the phenomenon is explained quite simply. It is the light passing through suspended in the air flat ice crystals in Cirrus clouds.

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