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Sun Pillar at sunset over Point, Isle of Lewis, Scotland
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Sun Pillar with Sun Dogs, being formed here as the sunlight is refracted by the ground level ice crystal cloud, diamond dust, over the Adirondack Mountains in Vermontville, New York, US.
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A very bright sun pillar over Sumirago, Varese, Italy.
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A sun pillar at sunrise over Charlotte, Michigan, US.
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A sun pillar over St Joseph, Missouri, US.
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A sun pillar at sunset over Aubusson in Central France.
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A sun pillar over Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland.
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A display of arcs and halos in diamond dust over Nesodden, Norway.
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A sun pillar at sunset over Burwell, Cambridgeshire, UK.
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A sun pillar at sunset over Kennewick, Washington, US.
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A sunrise with sun pillar over Huntersville, North Carolina, US.
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A sun pillar at sunset over Toronto, Canada.
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A sun pillar over Thame Oxon,UK.
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A sun pillar over Sleepy Hollow, New York, US.
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A sunset with sun pillar over the western isles of Scotland.
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A Sun pillar over Szczecin, Poland.
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An imperial example of a sun pillar Mary, Thank you