Thanks to airborne ice crystals reflecting street lights into the sky—an effect known as light pillars—the small Finnish village of Kauttua was greeted with an astral image of itself, as seen in this photo by Mia Heikkilä.
Apod Reflected town map http://www.atoptics.co.uk/fza68.htm
Light pillars - Light map in the sky http://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=121829
One of the Single Weirdest “Lights in the Sky” Events Ever: City Map Drawn in the Sky http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2016/01/16/optical_phenomenon_draws_a_map_of_a_city_in_the_sky.html
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https://www.taivaanvahti.fi/observations/show/47474
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Huikea havainto - Euran kadut heijastuvat taivaalle
https://www.avaruus.fi/uutiset/tahtiharrastus-ja-taivaanilmiot/huikea-havainto-euran-kadut-heijastuvat-taivaalle.html
Apod
Reflected town map
http://www.atoptics.co.uk/fza68.htm
Light pillars - Light map in the sky
http://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=121829
One of the Single Weirdest “Lights in the Sky” Events Ever: City Map Drawn in the Sky
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2016/01/16/optical_phenomenon_draws_a_map_of_a_city_in_the_sky.html
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