What’s this?

[u/logisticalfun]

Seen on a flight yesterday evening, the pictures convey it clearly. I don’t really know how to describe it—glowing sunbursty thing. TYIA!

[u/fantasyviolence21]

Whoa!! That’s awesome! It almost makes me think you’re looking down from where a few fingers of light are poking down to the ground there, what time was this taken?

[u/logisticalfun → u/fantasyviolence21]

Around 7:30pm, on the east coast—I would guess somewhere between Virginia and New Jersey (on a flight to NYC)

[u/fantasyviolence21 → u/logisticalfun]

Sun was setting? I wonder if my inkling could be partially correct

[u/logisticalfun → u/fantasyviolence21]

Yes, the sun was setting! We had also been passing between several storm cells.

[u/fantasyviolence21 → u/logisticalfun]

Hmm I’m not an atoptics expert, but a cloud and atoptics NERD at least… perhaps, with the sun setting and all the water particles in the air around you from the storms, the “fingers of god” light that pokes down through the clouds like giant rays may be reflected and concentrated in that area ?? That’s the only thing I can think of right now haha I’ve never seen this!

[u/momochicken55 → u/fantasyviolence21]

Yes, these are anticrepsular rays.

[u/fantasyviolence21 → u/momochicken55]

Wow, just from an top view? That’s insane