A Strange Ray of Dancing Light from the Sky was Caught on Camera!
According to the man, he was on his bicycle when he heard
something from the sky, then he looks up to see what’s going on. Surprisingly,
a bizarre ray of light appeared and it seems like dancing. Even though he is
trying to freak out on that moment, he still managed to film a portion of his
experience.
The flashes and twisting of the light really hook his
attention, he even thought that it could be some UFO from the sky that
searching for a place to land. But of course! Science has an explanation on it,
that natural phenomenon is called the “crown flash” which is caused when the
cloud’s ice crystals become aligned with magnetic fields. This causes a
refracting, moving light to occur.
Specialist mentioned, it is not the first time and it could
happen again, last 2011 was the most recent event report about this crown flash
appeared.
“What’s happening here is a wispy cirrus cloud, made up of
ice crystals, is being impinged upon from below by a rising cumulus cloud. If
the ice crystals in the cirrus are long and needle-shaped, they’ll align
themselves with the electric field of the lower cumulus cloud, which is
generated by up and downdrafts in the cumulus cloud.
When the electric field suddenly changes (due to, say, lightning discharges inside the cloud), the ice crystals can snap into a different orientation, reflecting and refracting sunlight in a different direction (note that the plume in the video is the same color as the Sun). They do this as a group, making it look like huge coherent structures are suddenly changing shape.”
When the electric field suddenly changes (due to, say, lightning discharges inside the cloud), the ice crystals can snap into a different orientation, reflecting and refracting sunlight in a different direction (note that the plume in the video is the same color as the Sun). They do this as a group, making it look like huge coherent structures are suddenly changing shape.”
Source: Wereblog
