A big supercell to the north (left) cast one of the best-defined storm shadows I’ve seen, rendering a crisp edge to some of the last moments of late-afternoon sunshine. The shadow line is the same one seen at the top of this nearly simultaneous shot of the business end of the storm. This is also a marvelous manifestation of anticrepuscular (a.k.a. postcrepuscular) rays, which appear above the horizon opposite the sun and opposite crepusculars. A group of these will appear to converge toward a point, which is an illusion; in reality, the rays are parallel.
3 ENE Gurley NE (5 Jun 9) Looking E
41.3315, -102.9157Anticrepuscular Storm Shadow
A big supercell to the north (left) cast one of the best-defined storm shadows I’ve seen, rendering a crisp edge to some of the last moments of late-afternoon sunshine. The shadow line is the same one seen at the top of this nearly simultaneous shot of the business end of the storm. This is also a marvelous manifestation of anticrepuscular (a.k.a. postcrepuscular) rays, which appear above the horizon opposite the sun and opposite crepusculars. A group of these will appear to converge toward a point, which is an illusion; in reality, the rays are parallel.
3 ENE Gurley NE (5 Jun 9) Looking E
41.3315, -102.9157