Mysterious Pillars of Light in the Sky

There's somethin' funny goin' on in the skies of Latvia. Designer Aigar Truhins took these photographs that have since gone viral on the Net.

'My son exclaimed, 'The aliens are coming!'' Truhins was quoted as saying. 'It certainly looked that way,' he added.
But experts are agreed there may be a more prosaic explanation - ice crystals in the air. The air above the town was notably cold and filled with suspended ice crystals. It is believed that the columns were formed by those reflecting light from the bright streetlamps and other lights on the ground - beaming it back downwards again.
Skies all over Europe have been filled with such natural phenomena during the cold snap of recent weeks.

Link (Photo: Aigar Truhins) - via Truemors

Ice crystals? That's the lamest scientific explanation I've heard all year (boo, science!). I vote for aliens, how about you?

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on the date of February 11th 2009 at around 9 30 to about 11 30 of that storm we had. well the wind was blowing really hard that night. I was feeding my cats and as i looked up i noticed the lights. strange at first i must admit but i didn't believe myself. So i looked longer the next time and a bright flashes of colors was in the sky. Ranging from colors like a very light blue, then a mixture of purple and red. i didn't believe my eyes so i told a buddy of my to come take a look and he seen them to.I didn't take any pictures because it was only a instant that it happened. kinda like 12 seconds of seeing them. I stayed longer in case that it might return and i had my camera this time but no lights. This was no search light, or a flare, or fireworks. The weirdest part about it is that it happened in Belleville Michigan