Trilobites: Light Pillars, a Million-Mirror Optical Illusion on Winter Nights
It might look like a mother ship hovering above the planet, waiting to carry you away. It’s really an interplay of icy clouds and light pollution. [Source]
Publication Date:Origin: nytimes.com
Category: Lighting
Topics: pollution, light, clouds, interplay, really, It’s, carry, waiting, planet, above, hovering, mother, might, Nights, Winter, Illusion, Optical, Million-Mirror, Pillars, Light, Trilobites
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/06/science/light-pillars.html?partner=rss&emc=rss