Spectacular Crepuscular Rays
Taken by Peter Lowenstein on February 17, 2020 @
Mutare, Zimbabwe
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Camera Used: Panasonic DMC-TZ60
Exposure Time: 10/600
Aperture: f/3.3
ISO: 250
Date Taken: 2020:02:18 10:21:35
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Details:
The anticrepuscular rays in the previous post were followed by the most vivid display of crepuscular rays that I have seen from Mutare. The reason for this is not certain but contributing factors must have been unusually clear visibility following recent rains, the presence of large cumulus clouds beyond the horizon to split light from the setting sun into beams and shadows and reflections of these from unusually high concentrations of aerosols in the stratosphere. It is suspected that the aerosols could have been derived from ongoing volcanic eruptions https://volcano.si.edu/gvp_currenteruptions.cfm or from the extensive forest fires which have for the past few months been raging in eastern Australia. Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ60 in sunset mode.
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