But this remarkable image is a rare and natural phenomenon called a solar spike - caused by wintery ice crystals in the earth 's upper atmosphere refracting light from the sun .
A low-cost refracting telescope , it was one of the first to feature meade 's autostar technology , which automatically locates more than 1400 celestial objects .
The other team used an oxide template to grow silver nanowires inside porous aluminum oxide . The spacing between the wires was smaller than the wavelength of visible light . This device works in the visible spectrum , refracting light .
A solar spike seen on the morning of december 7th in allegan , michigan.the sight id caused by wintery ice crystals in the earth 's upper atmosphere refracting light from the sun