Northern Lights: See a Light Pillar

[pixel01]

Is this a kind of northern lights?

http://spaceweather.com/submissions/large_image_popup.php?image_name=Aigar-Truhin-LightPillar_0854_1230501854.jpg

 

[russ_watters]

No, it's a similar phenomena to this: http://www.atoptics.co.uk/halo/pillar.htm
Caused by ice crystals in the sky. I've never heard of it being around ground-based lights.

 

[pixel01]

No, it's a similar phenomena to this: http://www.atoptics.co.uk/halo/pillar.htm
Caused by ice crystals in the sky. I've never heard of it being around ground-based lights.

But it seems the pictures in the OP's link were taken long after the sunset

 

[DaveC426913]

But it seems the pictures in the OP's link were taken long after the sunset

What part of "being around ground-based lights" did you miss?

 

[MathematicalPhysicist]

Where have you taken these pictures?

 

[pixel01]

Where have you taken these pictures?

They were taken in Sigulda, north of Latvia and not by me. Please see the link