Rays of sunlight 2
by Zina Stromberg
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Rays of sunlight 2
Artist
Zina Stromberg
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Photograph - Photography, Photographs, Photo
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Crepuscular rays of sunlight. Nalcrest. Florida.
Crepuscular rays in atmospheric optics, are rays of sunlight that appear to radiate from the point in the sky where the sun is located. These rays, which stream through gaps in clouds (particularly stratocumulus) or between other objects, are columns of sunlit air separated by darker cloud-shadowed regions.
The name comes from their frequent occurrences during crepuscular hours (those around dawn and dusk), when the contrasts between light and dark are the most obvious. Crepuscular comes from the Latin word "crepusculum", meaning twilight.
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July 31st, 2014
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