18 July 2016 ~ Amazing Sky Formation

This is a once in a lifetime photograph...
i captured 4 rainbows, at once
This is very rare event,
seldom are they ever photographed,
and, it is known as Anticrepuscular rays
or antisolar rays
which are similar to crepuscular rays,
but seen opposite the sun in the sky.
Anticrepuscular rays are near-parallel,
but appear to converge at the antisolar point
because of linear perspective.
Anticrepuscular rays are most frequently visible
near sunrise or sunset.
Crepuscular rays are usually much brighter
than anticrepuscular rays.
This is because for crepuscular rays,
seen on the same side of the sky
as the sun, the atmospheric light scattering
and making them visible
is taking place at small angles (Mie theory).
Although anticrepuscular rays appear
to converge onto a point opposite the sun,
the convergence is actually an illusion.
The rays are in fact (almost) parallel,
and their apparent convergence
is to the vanishing point at infinity.
This was part of our Great Escape ???
from far up north, back to Wasaga Beach !!!
We placed an offering on the ground...
good wills and good wishes
for us, and, for all the others we were living behind...
and, just as we did this,
one of the rarest occurrences
on earth unfolded,
a set of '4' rainbows appeared,
and, i had a decent canon camera,
to capture it !!!
Although anticrepuscular rays appear
to converge onto a point opposite the sun,
the convergence is actually an illusion.
The rays are in fact (almost) parallel,
and their apparent convergence
is to the vanishing point at infinity.
~So, here we are,
leaving all the bad behind,
and, just moving all the good stuff
forward and transporting all that into
THE PiVOT of THE NOW !!!
~knowing full well you
'milk every moment for all of its magic'



18 July 2016 in Waubaushene, Ontario
Photographer: Susan Lynne Schwenger