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A Sun Pillar Over North Carolina
A sun pillar is an unusual column of light that appears when the Sun is rising or setting in cold air. Flat, six-sided ice crystals fall from high-level clouds, and air resistance causes them to lie nearly flat. Sunlight reflects off these properly aligned crystals, creating the pillar effect, as seen in this 2007 photo from North Carolina.
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Released on your day
Space pictures released on your month and day in other years, or a few days either side. Each one is sharp enough to print as a poster.
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Released on 15 December 2008 The Southern Hemisphere of Enceladus See it as a poster -
Released on 15 December 2011 Hubble/Subaru composite of star-forming region S 106 See it as a poster -
Released on 15 December 2009 Hubble's festive view of a grand star-forming region See it as a poster -
Released on 15 December 2023 Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex See it as a poster -
Released on 15 December 2011 Hubble view of star-forming region S106 See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 15 DEC 2008 falls under Sagittarius (♐). The sign's window runs from 11-22 through 12-21. Sagittarius points straight at the center of the Milky Way, our galaxy's brightest region. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 15 DEC 2008.