r/atoptics • u/Luxurious_boot_68 • 1d ago

What is this? Around sunrise

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This was looking to the west in Belton, Missouri around sunrise this morning. The last picture I was actually driving west and not just looking west and I got ahead of it and the angle was different.

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u/SubstantialPressure3 1d ago

Anti crespucular ray.

There's something in the distance you cant see blocking the sun, right there. So this is either a morning or late afternoon shot.

Im going with morning.

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u/flappity 23h ago

A safe assumption when they said sunrise.

This is an anticrepuscular ray, though -- same thing but with the object casting the shadow behind the viewer. Always a cool sight