... 5.03.2006 . ... In most places on Earth, a lucky viewer can see a Sun-pillar , a column of light appearing to extend up from the Sun caused by flat fluttering ice-crystals reflecting sunlight from the upper atmosphere. Usually these ice ice crystals evaporate before reaching the ground. ... These ice crystals may then reflect ground lights in columns not unlike a Sun-pillar . In the above picture, the colorful lights causing the light pillars surround a ice-skating rink in Fairbanks, Alaska . ...