Hi group. Here is a photo of our Sun/sky this evening. When I was young my mom use to say the Suns rays were peoples prayers going up to Heaven.

Thanks yours in the way Paul

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Ooh, crepuscular rays streaming through billowing stratocumulus clouds. <---goofy smile, not a razz.

You know, Paul, you get so many varied sunsets and you just keep getting better and better. I envision a coffee-table book of Sunsets of Western Pennsylvania. I haven't been to PA for years (last time was in Hershey and both major airports), but I know from driving down from New York on I-81 onward to Texas that there are nice vistas for sunsets, autumn trees, and star-gazing. Your collection is growing...are you setting them up on a site or something?

Your mom's explanation is sweet, but I'll mention some info on crepuscular rays. They won't let me cut and paste, but there's a brief explanation with photos. (yours is better). There are also "anticrepuscular rays" which you see when you turn your back on the sun, and they emanate outwards towards the east. I don't see those, do you?
http://www.sundog.clara.co.uk/atoptics/ray1.htm

Thanks.

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Sunset

Die Sonne scheidet hinter dem Gebirge. In alle Täler steigt der Abend nieder
mit seinen Schatten, die voll Kühlung sind.

Very very impressive...!.....




Titana

love that shot Paul....and like your mum's imagery as well

Very dramatic shot. Well done Paul.