July 28th, 2015: Bryce Canyon

xoxoxoBruce · 07-27-2015, 11:20 PM

From APoD, Bryce Canyon. That is all.

BigV · 07-27-2015, 11:25 PM

Wow.

Griff · 07-28-2015, 06:24 AM

whs

glatt · 07-28-2015, 07:34 AM

What the?

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Two different optical effects .... the common rainbow .... More rare, and perhaps more striking, are the rays of light that emanate out from the horizon above the canyon. These are known as anticrepuscular rays and result from sunlight streaming though breaks in the clouds, around the sky, and converging at the point 180 degrees around from the Sun. Geometrically, this antisolar point must coincide with the exact center of the rainbows.

Cool. I've seen sunbeams poking through trees and down through clouds, but never with the sun behind me so that the beams all converge on a single point in the distance. I'll have to keep an eye out for that effect in the future.

BigV · 07-28-2015, 11:26 AM

You'll have to think about, because a situation like that is usually sunset (or sunrise, but I see more sunsets than sunrises) and at sunset in a pretty situation like that one, I'm usually *looking at the sunset*. This picture has the photographer's back to the sun. The apparent convergence of the rays and shadows doesn't surprise me any more than the apparent convergence of the shoulders of a long straight road or railroad tracks.

Still, a stunning picture.

Gravdigr · 07-28-2015, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by BigV

Still, a stunning picture.

That. In spades.

Pamela · 07-30-2015, 12:47 AM

cue Double Rainbow Guy

07-27-2015, 11:20 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	July 28th, 2015: Bryce Canyon From APoD, Bryce Canyon. That is all. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-27-2015, 11:25 PM	#2
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Wow. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

07-28-2015, 06:24 AM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	whs __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-28-2015, 11:26 AM	#5
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	You'll have to think about, because a situation like that is usually sunset (or sunrise, but I see more sunsets than sunrises) and at sunset in a pretty situation like that one, I'm usually looking at the sunset. This picture has the photographer's back to the sun. The apparent convergence of the rays and shadows doesn't surprise me any more than the apparent convergence of the shoulders of a long straight road or railroad tracks. Still, a stunning picture. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

07-30-2015, 12:47 AM	#7
Pamela Deplorable Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 767	cue Double Rainbow Guy

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