Crepuscular Rays, Greece ~ Imaged by Costas Scourtis on the Aegean island of Naxos.  �Costas Scourtis, shown with permisssion.

The sun had set at ground level but was still illuminating the atmosphere to produce the red pink light. One shadow is cast by the tall cloud mass, others are generated over the horizon.

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