Nine pillars of light appear in night sky in ‘otherworldly’ display in Japan. The X user who took the photo wrote, “A streak of light was spotted in the sky above Mikuriya Port in Daisen Town, Tottori at around 10pm today.”
Someone else shared a different photo and said, “I also saw it at Nariishi Beach in Kotoura Town.”
People were amazed by the strange light show.
“It’s amazing and enigmatic,” exclaimed someone. “I want to see it with my own eyes.” Another person said, “It’s like an entrance to a mysterious world,” and the pictures were praised as “amazing” by other social media users.
Others, though, found it even more unsettling. The comment “Wow… that’s scary” was made.”What has happened to this? Someone person said, “It feels like you might be abducted by aliens.” The sight of the light makes the area appear to be under attack,” said another.
Although it appears to be something truly unearthly, a very common explanation may be given for the luminosity phenomenon.
According to Metro Online, a similar incident occurred back in 2015 and has subsequently been attributed to reflections from offshore fishing vessel lights. ‘Isaribi Kochu’ means ‘fish-attracting light pillars’.
After the 2015 sighting, Japan Today provided an explanation for the sudden strong reflection of light, stating that it occurs when ‘overnight temperatures drop down low enough that ice crystals form in the air high above the ships’.
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“When the conditions are just right to produce large enough crystals but no precipitation, the luminosity from their boats reflects off the crystals and shines brightly enough to be seen from shore,” the report states.
That’s why it’s not the end, for those of you who thought it was. Meanwhile, some locals in Portugal may have seen a massive, brilliant blue light sweep across the sky in recent days. Nevertheless, this had nothing to do with fishing—it was a meteor.
It was such a striking spectacle that it nearly gave the impression that it was noon in the night sky.
What will happen next, given these two incidents and the recent sighting of the Aurora Borealis from the UK?
