Beams of.... shadows?

These weird clouds were the talk of the town yesterday, with one local news station explaining that the darker "wedges" were shadows cast by the cloud blocking light from the setting sun. Many people took photos. This is the one I took as I was leaving the office.

[Karen]

Never seen that before! How amazing and great shot!

[Graham Thresher]

Great capture.

[Milanie]

This is really neat - what a super capture of the phenomenon.

[Fisher Family]

Great capture of this interesting phenomenon. Katharine

[carol white]

Amazing sky capture. Fav!! 😃

[gloria jones]

Cool capture, light

[Danette Thompson]

They are crepuscular rays. Beautiful capture.

[Danette Thompson]

Or maybe not. :-)

[M C]

@karens54 @thresheg @milaniet @fishers @carolmw @seattlite Thanks for the comments and favs! This was the first time I'd seen something like this, too.

[M C]

@danette I have no idea. :-P