Laser beams shoot down from the sky in MESMERISING and rare natural phenomenon
These incredible pictures reveal a wonder few of us are lucky enough to see in real life
A YOUTUBER captured astonishing images of a rare natural phenomenon which makes it look as though multicoloured laser beams are shooting down from the sky.
The pictures were taken in Ontario, Canada by Timmy Joe Elzinga using his smartphone camera.
Elzingina initially believed the beams were the Northern Lights.
But describing the events in a video clip, Elzinga said he had been "trolled by nature" and that he had "never seen this before in my life".
After close inspection he realised the beams seemed to be travelling up from the ground.
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He said: "It was a superclear night and these light beams were emanating from the ground and shimmering and moving".
Turns out, the incredible spectacle can be explained by the freezing temperatures.
The light pillars are formed when moisture in the air freezes so quickly it appears stationary in the air rather than forming a cloud or floating down to the Earth's surface as snow.
That ice forms a perfect vessel for light to shoot straight into the sky, causing an incredible colour show.
Ice particles cause lots of mind-bending optical illusions in nature.
They can cause .
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