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NOAA Photo Library Image - wea00165

Sun pillar - most cases require ice crystals falling from cloud Falling ice crystals termed virga

Image ID: wea00165, NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) Collection
Location: View SW from Asheville, North Carolina
Photo Date: January 1974
Photographer: Grant W. Goodge


Category: Weather Wonders/Sun Phenomena/Pillars/

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