Weird light

Fourwings · #1 (**permalink**) 15-01-2006, 05:14 PM

Did anyone else out there experience the very weird light conditions late this afternoon?
After a cloudy & very overcast afternoon the sun suddenly broke through very low in the sky & everything was bathed in the most weird orange light, it only lasted for about three or four minutes before it clouded over again.

I certainly haven't seen anything like it before, the attached image of the conditions has not been altered or adjusted in any way, the colour is genuine.

fourwings

Words · #2 (**permalink**) 15-01-2006, 05:23 PM

I was indoors (listening to the football) so didn't see any light at all.

But that's an amazing shot indeed.

nightshade · #3 (**permalink**) 15-01-2006, 07:33 PM

It is indeed an excellent shot,I have seen this before and was telling my son about the weird light,during or after a storm and you came up with the evidence how is that for coincidence!
now all we need is an explanation

Fourwings · #4 (**permalink**) 15-01-2006, 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nightshade

now all we need is an explanation

Looking at the conditions at the time I can only assume that it had something to do with the extremely low angle of the sunlight combined with the cloud which caused some sort of filter effect

I'm sure that there must be a proper metrological term for it.

Tinkerbell · #5 (**permalink**) 16-01-2006, 08:09 AM

It wasn't evident up here in North Yorkshire, but well done you for grabbing your camera and taking such a stunning picture.

fbcpmike · #6 (**permalink**) 16-01-2006, 08:29 AM

A brilliant photo.
The very low angle of the sun increases the relative path length of the light through the atmosphere altering it's colour spectrum towards the red from absorbtion and polution effects, accentuated by the much darker clouds above.
We had a couple of similar evenings locally earlier in the year, when, around 8pm and driving over the Hogs Back into the sun, the bottom of the clouds were tinged dark red, spectaculayr but typically I did not have a camera with me, poo.