We often see crepuscular rays with an apparent upward aim. In this case, the chunky young anvil from a nascent supercell spread across that part of the sky containing the sun, part of which can be seen through a hole in the cloud. As with other crepusculars, the rays actually are parallel, but seem to spread away from each other due to a bit of optical trickery: our brain’s (or the camera’s) flattened projection of a three-dimensional scene.
1 SSE Okeene OK (29 May 12) Looking WNW
36.0982, -98.3128Downward-Pointing Crepusculars
We often see crepuscular rays with an apparent upward aim. In this case, the chunky young anvil from a nascent supercell spread across that part of the sky containing the sun, part of which can be seen through a hole in the cloud. As with other crepusculars, the rays actually are parallel, but seem to spread away from each other due to a bit of optical trickery: our brain’s (or the camera’s) flattened projection of a three-dimensional scene.
1 SSE Okeene OK (29 May 12) Looking WNW
36.0982, -98.3128