太たい陽よう柱ちゅう

noun

sun pillar; solar pillar

A vertical column of light appearing above or below the sun, caused by reflection from ice crystals in the atmosphere.

• 夕ゆう方がた、西にしの空そらに太たい陽よう柱ちゅうが見みえた。

  In the evening, a sun pillar was visible in the western sky.