Creative imagery bronze winner. Make-up by Chengbo Sun, China. (Photo by BPOTY/Cover Images)

A light pillar is a visual phenomenon created by the reflection of light from ice crystals with near horizontal parallel planar surfaces. The light can come from the Sun (usually at or low to the horizon) in which case the phenomenon is called a sun pillar or solar pillar. It can also come from the Moon or from terrestrial sources such as streetlights.

Picture dated June 18th, 2023 shows Cambridge University students on their way to the Emmanuel College May Ball in the rain. Hundreds of undergraduates dressed in lavish ball gowns, tuxedos, and even kilts, for the extravagant end-of-term party, which had the theme Where Lyrics Come To Life. The ball, which cost £110 a ticket, featured a rum bar, as well as a host of entertainment, including limbo, belly dancing, a bubbleologist, tarot reading and a magician. (Photo by Bav Media)

TV host/blogger Louise Roe attends The Weinstein Company's Academy Awards viewing and after party in partnership with Grey Goose at TAO Los Angeles at TAO Hollywood on February 26, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rachel Murray/Getty Images for The Weinstein Company)

People hold umbrellas as they walk past a flooded street in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China, July 19, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/China Daily)

A retired man (L) looks toward two girls wearing miniskirts, July 13, 1969 in Nice, France. (Photo by AFP Photo)

A double rainbow is seen above a woman holding an umbrella and selling snacks along the road in Siaya county, Kenya on May 3, 2020. (Photo by Thomas Mukoya/Reuters)

The Balance Bike Quad Eliminator being run (and organised) by GT Bicycles at the Malverns Classic, Start Line, Eastnor Deer Park, Eastnor, in Herefordshire on Friday 26th August 2022. Youngsters enjoy the thrills & spills of balance bike riding as they partake in the annual event held in rural Herefordshire. The thrills and spills as rider No. 013, Kelia Ranes tries hard to avoid a fallen competitor. (Photo by Richard Stanton/The Times)