Comments on: A ray of coincidence

By: Matt B.

Matt B. — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 21:11:28 +0000

@8 MTU – From what I can tell, “cromulent” means “accepted as correct, despite actually being improper” (like the pronunciation of “ornery” as /awn-ree/). So “anti-crepuscular” isn’t cromulent because it’s a correctly formed word.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:11:35 +0000

Some anticrepuscular rays I saw in South Africa a couple of years back. It’s taken from 3 photos at different exposures which is why the shadow of myself looks a little artificial. There is no additional photoshopping done though: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonstraveladventures/4616150389/

By: Ilkka

Ilkka — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:58:12 +0000

Technically you can see the shadow of the Earth if you look into a mirror, outside, at night.

By: F16 guy

F16 guy — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:44:50 +0000

What kind of man lets the wife drive ?

LOL !!

By: ceramicfundamentalist

ceramicfundamentalist — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:56:25 +0000

was out last evening to watch the sun set and look at sunspots and this exact thing happened – crepuscular rays in the west and the shadow of the earth in the east. coincidence???

By: Atmospheric Nitpicker

Atmospheric Nitpicker — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 10:33:08 +0000

To be precise, the shadow of the Earth is just called the shadow of the Earth. The pinkish band (upper bit of the shadow) is the antitwilight arch, or the Belt of Venus.

By: Allan94

Allan94 — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 09:59:21 +0000

Oh. My. Goodness. THEY JUST DISCOVERED THE FIFTH MOON OF PLUTO! YEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!

By: Messier Tidy Upper

Messier Tidy Upper — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 05:55:13 +0000

@5. Valdis Kletnieks : It isn’t? (Puzzled)

Beach walk today with the dogs early morning – spectacular sky with anti-crepuscular rays visible in the sky and a greenish haze layer on the horizon. Few hours after sunrise locally, anyone know what causes that effect? Vaguely sunrise-y like greenish colouration in a band few degrees above looking out to sea, flat calm conditions, FWIW.

(Then anyhow, just had an extreme thunderstorm warning for my Adelaide hills region conveyed online for now~ish!)

By: Hedin

Hedin — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 03:55:04 +0000

And im watching the shadow of the earth, on the eastern horizon, here in Calgary as i write this

By: Kurt Erlenbach

Kurt Erlenbach — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 02:06:46 +0000

And of course, there’s also Crepuscule With Nellie by John Coltrane and the Thelonius Monk Quartet, a classic if there ever was one.