{"id":9183,"date":"2012-07-30T23:11:25","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T22:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=9183"},"modified":"2012-07-30T23:33:39","modified_gmt":"2012-07-30T22:33:39","slug":"a-cracking-brixton-sunset-six-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-cracking-brixton-sunset-six-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"A cracking Brixton sunset in seven photos, complete with sun pillar"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brixton was treated to a\u00a0stunning\u00a0sunset tonight. \u00a0Here’s some views from high above Coldharbour Lane, SW9.<\/p>\n

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In case you’re\u00a0wondering, all the photos were taken on an handheld OM-D camera with 14mm-50mm lens. No filters or Photoshopperty\u00a0involved!<\/p>\n

Update:\u00a0it’s a sun pillar!<\/strong><\/p>\n

My knowledgeable science pal Owen tells me that the fourth pic above ‘shows the vestiges of a Sun pillar.’<\/p>\n

Naturally I had no idea what one of those was, so he kindly posted up a link that\u00a0explains\u00a0all: \u00a0http:\/\/www.atoptics.co.uk\/halo\/pillar.htm<\/wbr><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The site explains:<\/p>\n

Look for sun pillars near to sunset or sunrise.<\/p>\n

They are narrow columns of light apparently beaming directly up and sometimes downwards from the sun. They can be 5 -10\u00ba tall and occasionally even higher.<\/p>\n

Pillars are not actually vertical rays, they are instead the collective glints of millions of ice crystals.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ve now added another image below that shows off this effect more clearly (I thought it was lens flare at first, to be honest).<\/p>\n

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