it looks like the light pillars are beaming up into the sky, the opposite is true. Light traveling up into space is actually being reflected back down to Earth by the ice crystals. We see it as multiple columns of light. Pretty spectacular sight!
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Dear editor,
Look up, Wyoming! Wyoming daytime skies are very beautiful and expressive, as are our night skies.
Kathleen Petersen, Pinedale