god rays
Shafts of sunlight
God rays are beams of sunlight made visible by atmospheric particles—dust, mist, or smoke—that scatter light into distinct shafts.
The effect occurs when light streams through gaps in clouds or between trees, creating dramatic columns of illumination.
The term references divine imagery in religious art, where such rays often emanate from heaven.
In film and video games, god rays are a lighting effect that simulates this phenomenon: The game's god rays through the forest canopy looked stunning.
- sunbeamsStreaks of solar light
- crepuscularRelating to dusk
- lightVisible electromagnetic radiation
- golden hourWarm-lit period near sunset
- heavenlyDivinely pleasant or blissful
light beams · divine · clouds · shafts · golden · ethereal · mist · fog · forest · forest canopy · cathedral · stained glass · church windows · streaming · glow · haze · dust · particles
- light phenomenarainbow, refraction, diffraction, spectrum, prism
- sky phenomenathunderstorm, lightning, rainbow, sunset, sunrise
- tricks of the lightmirage, glare, lens flare, shimmer, reflection
- sky lightsnorthern lights, southern lights, rainbow, sundog, sun dog
- renderingshaders, shader, reflections, shadows, lighting
god raysartificial lighting
Non-solar illumination indoors
neon lights · spotlights · streetlights · headlights · fluorescent light
god raysdarkness
Total absence of light
pitch black · overcast light · flat light · diffuse light · gloom
gods, godly, godliness, ungodly, godlike, godhood, goddess, godfather, godmother