Note that the Earth and its atmosphere are unusually charged by EM energy these days...

This is due to solar flares and other disturbances...

IMHO what you are seeing are light rays as the result of this extra charge a lot of the energy is being focused and not randomly dispersed as ususal...

Those are beautiful pictures that truly show the awsome power of Nature...

Last year around this time it was very similar with the extra solar flares, etc...

This year seems to be even more intense!!!

I suppose that the intensity will continue to build year after year until a peak is finally reached...

+-wirelessguru1