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- Mon Jan 12, 2009 1:01 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Unusual Light Pillars Over Latvia (2009 Jan 12)
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Re: Unusual Light Pillars Over Latvia (2009 January 12)
On the assumption that this is how the scene appeared to an unaided eye, and that no intervening mediuum such as a glass pane created the illusion, Id guess that the ice crystals scatter the light over a small angle. Some part of the light would be transmitted, and some reflected. Above a particular...