Light Pillar over Erupting Etna

Can a lava flow extend into the sky? No, but light from the lava flow can. One effect is something quite unusual -- a volcanic light pillar. More typically, light pillars are caused by sunlight and so appear as a bright column that extends upward above a rising or setting Sun. Alternatively, other light pillars -- some quite colorful -- have been recorded above street and house lights. This light pillar, though, was illuminated by the red light emitted by the glowing magma of an erupting volcano.

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[–] ummthatguy 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

[–] espentan 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Edit: Image generators still suffer from dyslexia

[–] ummthatguy 3 points 6 days ago

Dude, that's fantastic.

I'd imagine the music as something akin to The Sword - Iron Swan