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light pillar

atmospheric optical phenomenon in the form of a vertical band of light which appears to extend above and/or below a light source
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light pillar

Summary

light pillar ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (249 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • light pillar's image is recorded as Nocturnal Light Pillars.jpg[2].
  • light pillar's image is recorded as Light pillars over Laramie Wyoming in winter night.jpg[3].
  • light pillar's subclass of is recorded as halo[4].
  • light pillar's Commons category is recorded as Sun pillars[5].
  • light pillar's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gnvz7[6].
  • light pillar's has cause is recorded as ice crystal[7].
  • light pillar's schematic is recorded as Light Pillars Scheme.svg[8].
  • light pillar's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 69304541[9].

Why It Matters

light pillar ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (249 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). light pillar. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/light-pillar
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_light-pillar_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{light pillar}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/light-pillar}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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