It says subsuns are observed from above, and like other reflective phenomena, they are brightest at the centre, but this sun candle has very bright edges.
There are so many types of snowflakes. This weather looks very cold, crisp, and that does produce a certain type of snow. The powder they are skiing on looks hard and dry as well.
There's something a bit sad about people skiing right by such a beautiful thing. Like I know that the person filming this appreciated it, and now we all get to appreciate it. But in the past (like hundreds-plus years ago) this would have been seen as a genuine marvel. Maybe even sufficient to evoke religious awe. I'm not saying that we shouldn't understand this phenomenon scientifically, I just wish that we still felt that same kind of wonder and astonishment, and less of a "Huh, neat" feeling while moving past something so beautiful.
I don't know how it works but it may only be visible from a specific direction, which is why the camera person stays in one place. The skiers might see nothing or only a brief flash.
The street lamps in Anchorage often do something similar in the winter. They look like other-worldly beams shooting straight up into the sky, signaling the mother ship.
Why, you could start a whole religion, and claim you are it's prophet off the back of a rare atmospheric event such as this. You could have at least 7 wives, husbands, what have you.
That's where you Save your Progress.
No no, that's where my curiosity makes me lose my progress
Time to play the timeless game: Save Point or Anomaly?
Get teleported into a fight against shiva.
It looks so mystical that I half expect a portal to load the next chapter of the universe.
Right after saving, a celestial NPC probably appears with a side quest you did not know you needed.
If you die, that's where you'll restart.
That’s for r/outside to know!
PRAISE THE SUN!
\ [T] /
Looks like a portal to another world.
Rick Sanchez about to pop out.
20 minute adventure
WUBBALUBBA-DUB-DUB!
Imagine seeing this 200 years ago. You'd have believed that your eyes were watching God
How about 2000 years ago
You'd believe that you were seeing some other god, depending on your place of residence
Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!
Holy sh*t! That bush is burning!
The bush burning was not weird, it was the talking that stood out (allegedly)
Nah, the bush itself was weird too. Moses was pretty weirded out by the fact that the fire kept burning without consuming it, iirc.
There are people today who believe this.
Looks like a burning bush to me...
Today not 200 years ago today. Also it’s crazy to me that natural phenomenon gets attributed to “gods” a lot.
"to me" is doing all the heavy lifting here.
What? It’s a literal known thing that happens. You ever hear of zeus.
Well that was an easy shutdown
Imagine seeing this now and thinking it's god because that for sure still happens :D
At least in past times they didn't know better
I've heard of sundogs and seen a few of them in person before, but not sun candles.
Looks totally surreal!
I'd like to understand the physics behind this sun candle someday. Will have to look it up and possibly go down some rabbit hole.
Have at it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsun
(subsun is another name for sun candle)
It says subsuns are observed from above, and like other reflective phenomena, they are brightest at the centre, but this sun candle has very bright edges.
it's probably because there was some wind and the extra turbulence might impact it in such a way that this happens
You could make a religion out of this
No, yes, no.....
And so a religion was made.
Or existing religions can interpret this as their deity revealing itself. We had a sun halo in 2022 and people were praising God for it
You say that like praising God in the face of the natural phenomenon is something weird.
You can make a religion out of a crappy SciFi novel to satisfy a bet with a friend.
Yeah but nobody wealthy or famous would join it.
I have watched that video entirely too many times, one of the internet's most perfect videos.
Wurtz
the sun is a pretty laser
And a deadly one.
🎶 Not anymore there's a blanket 🎶
"tiny, flat ice crystals" - are those not just snowflakes?
There are so many types of snowflakes. This weather looks very cold, crisp, and that does produce a certain type of snow. The powder they are skiing on looks hard and dry as well.
Correct you ugly giant bag of mostly water.
Sun pillar or Subsun. Captured in Austria in February
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsun
There's something a bit sad about people skiing right by such a beautiful thing. Like I know that the person filming this appreciated it, and now we all get to appreciate it. But in the past (like hundreds-plus years ago) this would have been seen as a genuine marvel. Maybe even sufficient to evoke religious awe. I'm not saying that we shouldn't understand this phenomenon scientifically, I just wish that we still felt that same kind of wonder and astonishment, and less of a "Huh, neat" feeling while moving past something so beautiful.
I don't know how it works but it may only be visible from a specific direction, which is why the camera person stays in one place. The skiers might see nothing or only a brief flash.
Subsuns tend to be only visible from above, so yeah the people skiing likely don't see it.
Beam me up Scotty.
is this a portal to somewhere?
Looks like a portal someone jump through it quick😂
And that's how a religion is founded little Timmy
mother natures butt plug
Was looking for this comment, I knew it'd be here
Chaff granade
Imagining seeing this shit back in the stone age or middle ages.
Someone should tell nature that this is no toy and how wildfires can start ...!
/s
Step through it
Nature at its best
Looks like something straight out of the bible
Man, I miss skiing. I DEFINITELY would have stopped to marvel at this! Never heard of a sun candle. Nature’s majesty…
Soba ult?
r/originsofreligion
Strange?
It really does look like a checkpoint or a gateway to another dimension. Nature's special effects are the best.
Everyone sees a shiny portal. I see a buttplug
ancient people had no chance. Nobody can deny the existence of higher beings after this.
Sun candles, interesting
The Lord’s hand at work through nature is absolutely brilliant😍😍!!
I see, but perhaps in its discovery butt plug was not yet popular
The street lamps in Anchorage often do something similar in the winter. They look like other-worldly beams shooting straight up into the sky, signaling the mother ship.
Valgrind
Seeing stuff like this makes it really easy to understand how people in the past believed in magic and the supernatural
Looks biblical. Don’t get too excited folks, Santa Clause ain’t real.
That's nice
Ban kai
Things like these give some insight into why ancient humans believed in spirits or gods.
Something fantastical happens to someone with absolutely no knowledge of its conception is going to get a person to start worshipping things.
looks like god is playing Portal again
🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
I googled this and it apparently they show up directly beneath the sun... so why isn't this going 329.9 mph?
This shit could start a religion 1000 years ago.
What sorcery is this?!…
This is the kinda shit that inspired the Bible
Is it allowed?
that looks like it tastes good
Chosen cross into the realm of light
Looks like a spirit bomb forming up
Is it rare in nature, or are people just not around to observe it happening very often?
You know you really can't blame humans back then for believing in Gods and Magic.
ok, this wins the internet today
Why, you could start a whole religion, and claim you are it's prophet off the back of a rare atmospheric event such as this. You could have at least 7 wives, husbands, what have you.
A gate is opening. Challengers, get ready for a level 3 portal.
From afar, it could be interpreted as a "burning bush" or suchlike.
And behold, the light of the Lord spoketh unto me......
Can really see how rare phenomena witnessed by uneducated people could be mistaken for something else.
Imagine NOT thinking this is an alien or divine being and just some SCIENCE.
/s
Now I kind of get how people in the past would have come up with various stories about magical trees.
You wouldn't think it's all that rare considering just how much this video is reposted, idiot.
It is a Portal and you know it.
Looks very beautiful
👀👀👀👀👀🌌🆒🦉
That’s a butt plug made of light.
yeess
Neat
So cool! Looks like a portal
That is interesting! It is lovely to look at and almost worth reconsidering my opinion of sn*w.
Its like a magical portal, or a healing check point in video games
sundle
Now that... is really something.
I'd be jumping through that. take me away, portal!
Reminds me of a gateway from The Wheel of Time Series.
So cool
Ai