Earth Day Rays

May 16, 2004

Crepuscular_rays_on_earth_day

Provided and copyright by: James Baker
Summary authors & editors: James Baker

The above photo showing crepuscular rays at sunset was taken from Memphis, Tennesee on Earth Day, April 22, 2004. These rays of sunlight are streaming through gaps in the cloud deck just above the horizon. While they appear to fan out from our perspective, as do railroad tracks, which converge in the distance and seem wider before us, they're actually parallel columns of light. These sunlit beams are separated by darker rays, which represent cloud-shadowed regions.

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