Anticrepuscular rays - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Anticrepuscular rays are similar to crepuscular rays, but seen opposite the sun in the sky. Sunlight travels in straight lines, but the projections of these lines on Earth's spherical atmosphere are ...
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These phrases are descriptions of the same phenomenon, crepuscular rays. The image above is an example of what crepuscular rays look like-- beams of sunlight radiating from the sun. Why do they form? Why do they appear to diverge from the sun?
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www.demark.org/essays/CrepuscularRays.html
www.demark.org/essays/CrepuscularRays.html
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Rays & Shadows; Crepuscular rays; Formation; Sky-wide rays; Lunar rays; Reflected rays; Image Index; Mystery Painting; Anti-crepuscular; Cloud shadows; Mountain Shadow; Earth's Shadow; Sunsets; ... Rays take on many colours and forms. Some examples of their variety:
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www.atoptics.co.uk/atoptics/rayim1.htm
www.atoptics.co.uk/atoptics/rayim1.htm
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Crepuscular rays appear to converge on the sun, anticrepuscular rays converge in the opposite direction and you must have your back to the sun or sunset point to see them. Crepuscular and anticrepuscular rays behave in the same way. Anticrepuscular rays are not rare but they must be ... Anti-crepuscular rays...
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www.atoptics.co.uk/atoptics/anti1.htm
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Crepuscular rays occur when objects such as mountain peaks or clouds partially shadow the sun's rays. The name crepuscular means "relating to twilight" and these rays are observed at sunrise and sunset.
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If the air is hazy and the sun is shining in between of the clouds, you can see impressive crepuscular rays. Bundles of light are peeking through holes in the cloud cover and pointing radially away from the sun. The haze, i.e. dust and water vapour in the atmosphere, is scattering the sunlight and so makes the "path"
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www.allthesky.com/atmosphere/sunrays.html
www.allthesky.com/atmosphere/sunrays.html
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1 Crepuscular rays ... Crepuscular rays over Pearl Harbor ... Crepuscular rays illuminate half the sky - Antarctic sunset...
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Wouldn’t it be marvellous to be able to descend into Schroter’s Valley and see the crepuscular rays caused by stirring up the ancient lunar dust? ... Examples of crepuscular rays are shown in these images, courtesy of Akkana Peck.
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Crepuscular rays; Koh Samui, Thailand, October 1998; ... Crepuscular rays; Nxai, Botswana, May 1995; ... Crepuscular rays; Chefchaouen, Morocco, October 2002;
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www.chitambo.com/clouds/cloudshtml/crepuscular.html
www.chitambo.com/clouds/cloudshtml/crepuscular.html
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