PULL · 18 AUG 2011 This was
This was
your sky.
A Sun Pillar Over Ontario
NASA APOD · Rick Stankiewicz (Peterborough Astronomical Association)
COSMIC MESSAGE
This sun pillar, photographed over Ontario, Canada, is a stunning atmospheric optical effect. It forms when flat, six-sided ice crystals fall from high-level clouds and orient themselves nearly flat. These crystals reflect sunlight upwards, creating a column of light that appears to rise from the Sun.
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A Sun Pillar Over Ontario
NASA APOD · Rick Stankiewicz (Peterborough Astronomical Association)
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ZODIAC CONTEXT
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LEO
In tropical astrology, 18 AUG 2011 falls under Leo (♌). The sign's window runs from 07-23 through 08-22. Leo is anchored by Regulus, the heart of the Lion, twenty-four parsecs from Earth. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 18 AUG 2011.
THE ALMANAC FOR 18 AUG 2011
DAY
Thursday
MOON
Waning gibbous, 82% lit
POSITION
Day 230 of 365
METEOR SHOWER
Perseid shower, peaked 5 days ago
SAME DAY, OTHER YEARS