crepuscular ray
Sign in to saveAlso known as crepuscular rays, God ray, God rays, light shafts
rays of sunlight that appear to radiate from the point in the sky where the sun is located
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, crepuscular ray is referenced by 55 other articles, and connects out to Sun, heliosphere and solar cycle.
Vinony files it under Atmospheric optical phenomena and Sun.
Its subject is documented across 33 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- sunlight
- Image
- Crepuscular rays over Plymouth Sound crop.jpg
Show 2 more facts
- Commons category
- Crepuscular rays
- Commons gallery
- Crepuscular rays
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~3 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Sunlight shining through clouds, giving rise to crepuscular rays over Lake Hāwea, New Zealand
Crepuscular rays, sometimes colloquially known as god rays, twilight rays, or Jacob's ladder, are visible shafts of sunlight that originate when the Sun appears to be just above or below a layer of clouds, during the twilight period. Crepuscular rays are often observed as visible light beams passing through gaps in clouds, and are especially prominent when the contrast between light and dark is most obvious. The term "crepuscular" comes from the Latin word crepusculum, meaning "twilight".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “crepuscular ray” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.