A sun pillar appeared yesterday across south-central Kentucky! A sun pillar is is a vertical shaft of light extending upward or downward from the sun. Typically seen during sunrise or sunset, sun pillars form when sunlight reflects off the surfaces of falling ice crystals associated with thin, high-level clouds. Check out the images below if you missed it!
— WhiteSquirrelWeather (@WKUweather) January 31, 2017
— wxornotBG (@wxornotBG) January 31, 2017
— Trevor King (@TrevorKing35) February 1, 2017