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I share in La Vanguardia Readers’ Photos this photograph of the sunset on Christmas Eve in Gavà Mar, in Baix Llobregat.
From now on, once we have entered the winter season, the days will begin to get longer and we will be able to take advantage of more daylight.
Astronomical winter is the period between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. It started on December 22 and will end on March 20, 2024, in the northern hemisphere. However, meteorological winter began earlier and covers the entire months of December, January and February.
In the image we can see how the sunset offers us a timid solar pillar that is reflected in the water of the Mediterranean and reaches the sand on the shore of Gavà beach.
A pillar light is an atmospheric optical phenomenon in which a vertical beam of light appears to extend above and/or below a light source.
The effect is created by the reflection of light from small ice crystals that are suspended in the atmosphere or that comprise high-altitude clouds (for example, cirrostratus or cirrus clouds).
If the light comes from the sun (usually when it is near or even below the horizon), the phenomenon is called a solar pillar, as in this case in Gavà.
