crepuscular rays
Light through clouds
Crepuscular rays are the beams of sunlight that appear to radiate from a point in the sky, made visible by atmospheric haze, dust, or clouds that partially block the light.
They're most dramatic at dawn or dusk when the sun sits low on the horizon: Crepuscular rays streamed through gaps in the storm clouds.
The effect is sometimes called "god rays" or "sunbeams."
- sunbeamsStreaks of solar light
- sunsetDay yielding to darkness
- twilightLight after sunset
- duskDimming after sundown
- Jacob's ladderStepped climbing device or flower
light beams · golden hour · magic hour · evening · alpenglow · circumhorizontal arc · optics · blue hour · dawn · clouds · light scattering · nightfall · parhelion · solar radiation · green flash · heavenly glow · silver lining · fogbows
- skyclouds, blue sky, cloud, sun, moon
- sunsol, solar, sunlight, sunspots, sunshine
- weather phenomenatornado, wind, hurricane, gust, blizzard
- sky phenomenathunderstorm, lightning, rainbow, sunset, sunrise
- sky photographysunset photos, sunrise photos, astrophotography, night sky, blue hour
- Sunlightsunbeam, sunbeams, sunshine, sunrise, beam
crepuscular raysdarkness
Total absence of light
blackness · night sky · pitch black · moonless night · dark
crepuscular raysdiffuse light
Light spread evenly, not direct
flat light · overcast sky · scattered light · ambient light · direct sunlight
crepuscular raysmidday sun
Solar apex overhead
high noon · midnight · dead of night · noon · solar noon