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Took this photo during sunrise, and the clouds look like rays coming off the area of the sunrise (especially the left side). It reminds me of crespusclar rays, but also seems different. Is this that, a similar phenomenon, or did the clouds just line up perfectly here?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Crepuscular rays: shafts of light which are seen just after the sun has set and which extend over the western sky radiating from the position of the sun below the horizon. They form only when the sun has set behind an irregularly shaped cloud or mountain which lets the rays of the sun pass through a cloud in bands.

In this case, I think the light is making it look like the cloud is dark bands, when in fact the entire cloud is probably all dark but being lit up by the rays. (And yes, this affect can be seen both at sunrise and sunset.)

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Looks like Minecraft with shades on.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago