Sun Pillars are rare optical phenomena. Click here - http://www.pbase.com/image/7939154 - to view another one, at dawn, over Mono Lake. This one is over the BNSF rail yard, in Barstow, California, in the Mojave desert.
awesome image! I took a Meteorology class last semester and learned about these, as well as a variety of other optical phenomena.. so I'm excited to see this photo. Keep up the good work!!