{"id":674,"date":"2015-12-29T13:03:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T18:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.richardwang.ca\/?p=674"},"modified":"2024-09-10T00:35:04","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T04:35:04","slug":"dazzling-display-of-diamond-dust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richardwang.ca\/?p=674","title":{"rendered":"Dazzling display of diamond dust"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

A lower sun pillar, or subsun, is formed when sunlight reflects off tiny hexagonal ice crystals. It extends vertically below the real sun. At first, the subsun appeared as a dazzling ball of glittering diamond dust suspended magically in midair. Later in the day, the effect intensified until it became a solid pillar of heavenly light, as bright as the real sun.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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In the painting The Annunciation<\/em> by Henry Ossawa Tanner, I find it interesting how he depicts the archangel Gabriel as a glowing pillar of light. I wonder if he had a similar natural phenomenon in mind when he painted it?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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