Afterglow
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In meteorology, an afterglow is an optical phenomenon, generally referring to a broad arch of whitish or pinkish sunlight in the twilight sky after sunset, consisting of purple light and bright segmen
Afterglow with its bright segment and purple light above, interrupted by crepuscular rays
Purple light with crepuscular shadow
Sunset in Hong Kong after the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo
An afterglow in Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Anticrepuscular rays
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Anticrepuscular rays, or antisolar rays, are meteorological optical phenomena similar to crepuscular rays, but appear opposite the Sun in the sky. Anticrepuscular rays are essentially parallel, but ap
Anticrepuscular rays toward the eastern horizon, as seen from Colorado at dusk
These anticrepuscular rays appear to converge at the antisolar point, as seen from an aircraft above the clouded ocean.
Anticrepuscular rays opposite the sunset in San Lorenzo bay, Gijón, Spain.
A "wagon-wheel spokes" double rainbow with anti-crepuscular rays, Hurunui, New Zealand