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Anticrepuscular Rays: A Rainbow Fan over Spain

By |2025-02-04T08:09:06-05:00February 4th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Yes, but can your rainbow do this? Late in the day, the Sun set as usual toward the west. However, on this day, the more interesting display was 180 degrees around -- toward the east. There, not only was a rainbow visible, but an impressive display of anticrepuscular rays from [...]

Anticrepuscular Rays at the Planet Festival

By |2024-07-19T09:09:12-04:00July 19th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day For some, these subtle bands of light and shadow stretched across the sky as the Sun set on July 11. Known as anticrepuscular rays, the bands are formed as a large cloud bank near the western horizon cast long shadows through the atmosphere at sunset. Due to the camera's perspective, [...]

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