Anyone responsible for this?.....

[T0mmm]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worl...ght-skies.html

the first red one looks a bit like a red 650nm

[chad]

What a cool refraction effect!! I can't begin to explain how that happens.
I wonder if the air is incredibly still and the heat from the lights is creating a heat plume, that and swamp gas.

no idea, very cool though.

chad

[Things]

As they said, iit could be the ice crystals focussing the light into a column, much like when you put a regular magnifying lense over a laser, and you end up with a reall tight beam at the front, but diverges quickly.

Just my take on it, as that seems the most likely

[300EVIL]

That's cool! Interesting, today I seen something similar. The sun was setting while driving back from Chicago and I saw the biggest rainbow I've ever seen in my life! The temps today were so cold that schools were closed and the vehicle heat on full blast couldn't even compete. I hypothesized that their was a large number of ice crystals up in the atmosphere and created the huge refraction.

Too bad I didn't have a camera with me.

[RGbee]

What a cool refraction effect!! I can't begin to explain how that happens.
I wonder if the air is incredibly still and the heat from the lights is creating a heat plume, that and swamp gas.

no idea, very cool though.

chad

No no, The column of light in the sky was not a UFO. Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus. "This is called a Neuraliser. It's a gift from some friends outta town" (queue bright flash)