http://gpeach.vox.com/library/posts/tags/jasper+ga/page/1/ Where you'll meet interesting neighbors you might not know are there en Vox Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:49:48 -0800 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss jasper ga http://gpeach.vox.com/library/post/sun-pillar.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(the Wildlife Snaparazzo) http://gpeach.vox.com/library/post/sun-pillar.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://gpeach.vox.com/library/post/sun-pillar.html?_c=feed-rss-full Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:49:48 -0800 <p><span style="color: #cc0000; FONT-SIZE: 1.56em">Have you ever seen a sun pillar?</span></p> <p><strong>Explanation:&#160;</strong> When the air is cold and the Sun is rising or setting, falling ice crystals&#160;can reflect sunlight and create an unusual column of light. Ice sometimes forms flat, stop-sign&#160;shaped crystals as it falls from high-level clouds.&#160;Air resistance&#160;causes these crystals to lie nearly flat much of the time as they flutter to the ground. Sunlight reflects off crystals that are properly aligned, creating the&#160;sun pillar&#160;effect. </p> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00e398bf802d000500e398c075b30003" at:format="extra-large" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-extra-large photo-enclosure" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 10px auto;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item photo-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://gpeach.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398bf802d000500e398c075b30003.html"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e398bf802d000500e398c075b30003-500pi" alt="Jasper sunset" title="Jasper sunset" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://gpeach.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398bf802d000500e398c075b30003.html" title="Jasper sunset">Jasper sunset</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00e398bf802d000500e398c4e4040003" at:format="small" at:align="right" class="enclosure enclosure-right enclosure-small photo-enclosure" style="text-align: center; float: right;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 0 0 20px 20px;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item photo-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://gpeach.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398bf802d000500e398c4e4040003.html"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00e398bf802d000500e398c4e4040003-120pi" alt="A Closer Look" title="A Closer Look" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://gpeach.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398bf802d000500e398c4e4040003.html" title="A Closer Look">A Closer Look</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <p>In this picture, a&#160;sun pillar&#160;reflects light from a setting Sun in Jasper, GA</p> <p><span style="color: #33cc33"><em>Click on the small photo to the right to see it close up for more detail.</em></span></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://gpeach.vox.com/library/post/sun-pillar.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398bf802d000500e398c4e3060003?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> sunset jasper ga sun pillar