“It looked like someone from Star Trek was trying to beam up”, said  photographer Timothy Joseph Elzinga. And that it does.  The photographer captured an amazing photo out of North Bay Ontario that went viral this week of a phenomenon called “light pillars”.

According to CBC, Timothy said, “We can blame the two-year-old. He started crying at 1:30 a.m., so I got up and soothed him … and out the window I had the perfect view of these dancing lights in the sky. I had to investigate. I got some pants on and ran outside and took some photos.”

…. And the craziest part?  The image was only captured on his cellphone!  Awesome stuff.

More via CBC.

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