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Title: Anticrepuscular Rays
Post by: Garth Bock on November 29, 2010, 02:58:50 PM
Very interesting and nice photo.

http://gizmodo.com/5701255/what-are-anticrepuscular-rays (http://gizmodo.com/5701255/what-are-anticrepuscular-rays)



Title: Re: Anticrepuscular Rays
Post by: Downlinerz2 on November 29, 2010, 05:36:29 PM
  Cool stuff!!  Seen them before but not quite as spectacular as that.
Title: Re: Anticrepuscular Rays
Post by: ocala on November 29, 2010, 05:47:08 PM
I took this one in my back yard a few years back. A very nasty storm had just passed by and the lighting was pretty cool. Notice the mammatus  clouds and also the blue sky in the lower right.
(http://icons-ecast.wunderground.com/data/wximagenew/o/Ocala/2.jpg)
Title: Re: Anticrepuscular Rays
Post by: Downlinerz2 on November 29, 2010, 05:56:55 PM
Ocala,
   That is a very good picture!  You should submit it to the Cloud Appreciation Society for picture of the month.  I am not sure if you need to be a member or not.
   http://cloudappreciationsociety.org
Title: Re: Anticrepuscular Rays
Post by: Mark / Ohio on November 30, 2010, 01:17:02 AM
Cool!!  We had those a few weeks back after a nasty line of storms passed through.  The sun was breaking through an open area to the South and at the same time we had a double rainbow to the NE and it was near sunset.  Unfortunately I was out in the service truck on a call and did not have my camera with me.
Title: Re: Anticrepuscular Rays
Post by: ocala on November 30, 2010, 01:02:33 PM
Ocala,
   That is a very good picture!  You should submit it to the Cloud Appreciation Society for picture of the month.  I am not sure if you need to be a member or not.
   http://cloudappreciationsociety.org
That's a great site Mark. Thanks for the link.
Title: Re: Anticrepuscular Rays
Post by: Cienega32 on December 06, 2010, 01:49:53 PM
I get those out here during the fall at sunset but they're usually pinkish and not as vivid. Still, very cool to see.