Sometimes it comes as a pillar of cloud. Sometimes it comes as a pillar of fire. Sometimes it comes as a mist. Some people see little sparkles, the glory dust that falls from His garment. Some see it as a gray or yellow smoke.
People see it in many different ways.
One of our young people in Jerusalem saw the glory and described it as a giant marshmallow. Well, if it looked like a marshmallow to him, that s okay. Some see the fire of God coming down as a ball of flame or tongues of fire. The vocabulary with which we describe the glory is not the important thing. Experiencing it is.