Updated 6:15 AM ET, Thu February 11, 2021
Light pillars dance across the sky in northern Michigan.
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, a newsletter for the good in life. It will brighten your inbox every Saturday morning. (CNN)Like something taken straight from a sci-fi movie, strange columns of light have been spotted recently across the northern United States, dancing up toward the night sky and mesmerizing viewers. It was almost like I was looking at the northern lights because they were bouncing, moving and changing in appearance, National Weather Service Meteorologist Bill Taylor told CNN when describing the photos of light pillars he took early this week in North Platte, Nebraska.
Stunning light pillars dazzle in the northern US sky
By
Derek Van Dam, CNN Meteorologist
Published Feb 11, 2021 7:27:36 AM
enablePagination: false These light pillars formed in the sky above northern Michigan late last week.
(CNN) Like something taken straight from a sci-fi movie, strange columns of light have been spotted recently across the northern United States, dancing up toward the night sky and mesmerizing viewers. It was almost like I was looking at the northern lights because they were bouncing, moving and changing in appearance, National Weather Service Meteorologist Bill Taylor told CNN when describing the photos of light pillars he took early this week in North Platte, Nebraska.
Meteorologist Bill Taylor captured a photograph of dozens of bizarre glowing columns while out walking in the city of North Platte on Monday, February 8.