Anticrepuscular rays converge on the east-southeast to southeast horizon during northern-hemispheric sunsets near summer solstice. In this film slide, anvil material is seen overhead at left, spewing off a supercell behind me to the northwest. The distant pink thunderhead at lower right was over 100 miles away—a supercell which would produce a tornado after dark southeast of Wichita Falls.
5 E Shamrock TX (12 Jun 97) Looking ESE
35.2313, -100.166Panhandle Anticrepuscular Rays
Anticrepuscular rays converge on the east-southeast to southeast horizon during northern-hemispheric sunsets near summer solstice. In this film slide, anvil material is seen overhead at left, spewing off a supercell behind me to the northwest. The distant pink thunderhead at lower right was over 100 miles away—a supercell which would produce a tornado after dark southeast of Wichita Falls.
5 E Shamrock TX (12 Jun 97) Looking ESE
35.2313, -100.166