crepuscular ray

English

Etymology

From the Latin crepusculum (“twilight”).

Noun

crepuscular ray (plural crepuscular rays)

1. A sunbeam seen just after sunset or just before sunrise, caused by a cloud below the horizon and dust particles in the air above the horizon.
2. A cloud shadow cast on the bright sky.

Translations

sunbeam

• Finnish: hämäränsäde
• Icelandic: sólstafir
• Polish: śreżoga (pl) f

cloud shadow