Unusual Sardinian sunset

Whats your point?

Aren't these ray phenomenae called Crepescular Rays?

Seanie.

They sure are;

www.atoptics.co.uk/rayshad.htm

They are usually formed by clouds on or behind the horizon.
I ment to say by best guess is aside from clouds that the only
other thing would be the Pyernees that would be big enough to
cast a shadow that size.
I'm taking Mikes question refering to the distance they are
to the observer (in sardinia)is that they would be too far
away to cast the shadows?
I'm not so sure,
Earth bieng round and all and the suns light source bieng
so broad.
The shadow of the Earth can be seen sometimes cast when the conditions are right.
Taking the steep angle of both rays it may well could be the
tips of the ranges.

OR
big clouds.
Whos to say really?
You could send the picture into spaceweather.com
and get them to ask the experts to take a look at it.

Crepuscular rays are fairly common, most often seen at sunrise and sunset, hence the name crepuscular (around dawn or dusk). Usually caused by cloud; in this case it seems the cloud is below the horizon leading to a spectacular image. Well done, nice catch.

Here is a shot I took a couple of years back.

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This shot is quite similar to Conns
www.atoptics.co.uk/atoptics/rayim2.htm

from this page
www.atoptics.co.uk/atoptics/rayim1.htm

Barberskum wrote:

Whats your point?

It just seems an incredible dstance, allowing for the curvature of the earth, lack of cloud etc.

At the altitude of his site, one can only see as far as 22 miles out to sea. The nearest mountains are approx 35 miles away and are in the path of the setting sun. Therefore, I would think it plausible that these mountains are more likely to be the cause of the rays than some mountains which are 350 miles away.

However, I am open to correction.

Michael.