Let The Season Begin

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Apollo XX
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Let The Season Begin

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Sun Pillar season that is. As seen just before sunrise on my way to work last Thursday morning, Dec8'16;

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Awesome Mike!

In case anyone was looking for an explanation like I was, here's the Wikipedia reference: Light pillar.
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Beautiful, Mike. Sorry we missed you at the Christmas Meeting.

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Great catch Mike. I hope to see one myself someday. Thanks for sharing.
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Very cool, Mike! Never seen one of these myself, so thanks for sharing this.
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