SUN PILLAR.
PHENOMENON IN ENGLAND
A remarkable “sun pillar” was seen in England about sunset on A larch 13, states tiie Meteorological Office. Near Turn ham Qreen Station, Chiswick, W., the pillar was first noticed at 5.45, when it formed a whitish vertical streak. equal in width to the *un and reaching np to ,sdeg. above it. The sun’s disc was strangely distorted before it disappeared at 5.49.
As the pillar moved northwards it became patchy and assumed a pink shade. -It was last seen through the smolce-haze at 6.9, ten minutes after the official time of sunset. It was seen in many parts of England. Near Tunbridge Wells the pillar was ill sight up to about 6.15.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LX, Issue 9798, 7 May 1924, Page 4
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118SUN PILLAR. Gisborne Times, Volume LX, Issue 9798, 7 May 1924, Page 4
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