What are these skybeams?

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Cybernettr

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I have just been exploring around Skyrim and exploring the various sites, not following any particular quests yet and just getting a feel for the "lay of the land" and I noticed that these beams of light that stretch to the sky have been activated at numerous places. It is hard to look these up because i do not know what they are called. Sorry i cant link to any images because I dont meet the minimum number of posts.
 

The Honorable Gidian Diva of Sass

Sahrot Vahlok Spaan. Bahnahgaar. Minion #88!
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What part of the story are you on? They're probably Dragon Grave Mounds.
 

Cybernettr

Member
Not really on any part of the story yet, I’ve just been wandering around Skyrim seeing how many points of interest I can find and add to my map. If someone likes one of my posts I’ll be able to link to a couple of screenshots of what I’m talking about.
 

TheDuck23

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If you are activating different standing stones, sometimes they will glitch and look activated even if you are using a different one. They have beams that shoot into the sky.
 

TheDuck23

New Member
Welp. That busts my theory since standing stone beams are blue. I have no idea what they are.

The color makes them look like the lights from the Dawnbreaker quest but I don't know why they are out there like that.
 

Cybernettr

Member
Maybe I've discovered something no one else has LOL. I can walk right up to them and bathe in the light, so they're not mirages, but a Google search for every term i can think of has found nothing similar.
 

Specter of Death

Omnipresent Moderator
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Those look similar to a real life phenomenon happening all around Northern areas of the world,

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They are rather plainly called "Light Pillars". Literally happens in cold weather when ice crystals form in the atmosphere as pillars, much lower than they usually would--and act as big mirror-spears reflecting light from below. Pretty crazy.

As for what they are in your game, unless Bethesda added an update for real world weather phenomenon I haven't heard about, or you have some specific mod installed to do so--it could just be a peculiar glitch. Taking stuff from the Meridia's beacon quest, or even the College of Winterhold. I've done some research and there isn't a thing I can find online about anything similar happening in anybody else's games. So I'd say just bask in the unique beauty! If it ain't ruining the gameplay, no need to worry!
 

Cybernettr

Member
That looks almost like screenshots from the game!

The beams also show up on the map of my copy of Skyrim (un-modded).
 

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