Vikings Stadium Construction - Week 7

One last spectactular sunset before the Metrodome is deflated and demolished.

This is a shot at sunrise on a bitterly cold afternoon.  I researched this phenomenom and found that I captured a "light pillar".  A light pillar is a visual phenomenon created by the reflection of light from ice crystals with near horizontal parallel planar surfaces. The light can come from the Sun (usually at or low to the horizon) in which case the phenomenon is called a sun pillar or solar pillar. It can also come from the Moon or from terrestrial sources such as streetlights.

We're attempting to publish a photo with this same view each week from the start of construction through the first game played at the new Minnesota Vikings Stadium in Downtown Minneapolis.