2016-04-28 crepuscular rays by mona65

2016-04-28 crepuscular rays

On my way home (already to late) I had to stop to capture thoses rays.

Interesting for me: this is a phenomenon of atmospheric optics. Caused by the occlusion of the sun by atmospheric haze. Like in this case by clouds, which is why in my language (German) they are in also called Wolkenstrahlen (cloud rays). Despite seeming to converge at a point, the rays are in fact near-parallel shafts of sunlight, and their apparent convergence is only a perspective effect (like that parallel railway lines seem to converge at a point in the distance).
Very dramatic.
April 28th, 2016  
Fascinating and beautiful
April 28th, 2016  
Awesome sky - love it - fav 😊
April 28th, 2016  
Superb shot
April 28th, 2016  
Beautifully composed - so much going on in the shot, and yet it has a feeling of a "complete" thing.
April 28th, 2016  
Outstanding composition and processing Mona - I think I may have said something like that before in your project ;)
April 28th, 2016  
Love the composition. Fabulous sky and sun beams. Fav.
April 28th, 2016  
Stunning!
April 28th, 2016  
Wonderful capture and I was glad to see the explanation.
April 28th, 2016  
Awesome capture a fav
April 28th, 2016  
so dramatic!
April 28th, 2016  
Yes indeed!
April 28th, 2016  
Beautiful! Fav
April 28th, 2016  
Wow! FAV!
April 28th, 2016  
the things one learns on 365...beautiful capture...i call them "fingers of god" after i read the phrase in a book....fav
April 28th, 2016  
That's so interesting, I never knew that. Beautiful shot.
April 28th, 2016  
Super!
April 28th, 2016  
Looks absolutely stunning in b&w. Gorgeous shot.
April 29th, 2016  
wow the process in this photo is amazing
April 29th, 2016  
Wow!
April 29th, 2016  
Wow Wow Wow, and Wow again!
April 29th, 2016  
Fantastic sky and what a wonderful capture.
April 29th, 2016  
Dramatic
April 29th, 2016  
Spectacular image, and I really enjoyed your commentary! I found it particularly interesting that the rays are actually parallel. Awesome choice to do this in black and white. Very dramatic! FAV!
April 29th, 2016  
Really stunning B&W image. FAV
April 29th, 2016  
Absolutely beautiful, dramatic shot... Wonderful! Very interesting text as well :)
April 29th, 2016  
Wow! xx
April 29th, 2016  
Spectacular!
April 30th, 2016  
Dramatic and perfectly captured.
April 30th, 2016  
A gorgeous capture, and as usual, the information you offer is extremely interesting. Fav for me.
April 30th, 2016  
Fantabulous!
May 1st, 2016  
Belting. Great composition and balance. It's a Fav from me! (Stu)
May 1st, 2016  
beautiful fav
May 2nd, 2016  
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