View from space of anvil cumulus clouds, crepuscular rays and Rayleigh scattering.
July 19, 2020 - This oblique photo captures some cumulus clouds with their tops flattened into an anvil formation due to atmospheric conditions at the tropopause. The anvil clouds cast elongated shadows due to the angle of the setting Sun. Two atmospheric optical phenomena are visible in the photo: crepuscular rays and Rayleigh scattering. Both effects are produced by the low angle of the Sun and the atmospheric scattering of sunlight.
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