By Vladimir Brezina
Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Sky, and the Weekly Photo Challenge is Let There Be Light! Putting the two together—
Crepuscular rays, also called “Backstays of the Sun” and even “Fingers of God”. Let There Be Light, indeed!
... kayaked the waters around New York for more than 15 years in his red Feathercraft folding kayak. He was originally from (the former) Czechoslovakia and lived in the U.K. and California before settling down in New York. He was a neuroscientist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. He died in 2016.
... is a kayaker and technology researcher at Nemertes Research. She's an erstwhile engineer, particle physicist, and science fiction writer. She was born in California and has lived in Italy, Norway, Hawaii, and a few other places. She currently resides in New York City.
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Wind Against Current 
Beautiful rays :)
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Yes, indeed :-)
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Nice series!
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Thanks, Jeanne!
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beautiful excuse
to have a camera :-)
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I’ve learned to always have a camera the hard way ;-)
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My favourites,,,,, sky scenes… great selection ;)
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Thanks!!
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These photos are incredible! You’ve captured the light so well :)
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It just had to be captured! :-)
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Stunning shots
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Thank you! :-)
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Beautiful!!!! I love all of them, but above all the fifth one is my favourite…
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Thank you!! :-)
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Thank you for teaching me about crepuscular rays. Good photos demonstrating crepuscular rays.
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Actually, you will see much more spectacular images if you do a Google image search for “crepuscular rays”. These are just the best I’ve got…
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Glorious photographs
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Thank you!!
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Your gallery has captured some incredibly dramatic light! Nice.
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Thanks, Ruth!
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These shots are so beautiful. Must be even more so in reality.
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Yes, it was. Hard to capture, especially with a point-and-shoot camera. Thanks, Colline!
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If this is what you see when you’re on the water, I wanna be on the water, too. :-)
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And there are many more things to be said for being on the water ;-)
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Then the clouds parted and there was light. Love the shades of gray and the contrast especially the yellow.
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The yellow, when it appears, always makes it special :-)
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Awesome pictures, Vladimir. It is so exciting to capture the light when it breaks through the cloud layer, it is magical to experience :-)
All the best,
Hanna
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Yes, it is. A very special day of that kind (on which one of the photos in this post was taken) is here.
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Lovely
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Thanks, Robert!
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I love the skay when it looks like that. We used to say that it meant it was raining “over there,” but I don’t think it is. It’s just an optical think, but so beautiful. You capture it so elegantly.
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Yes, not necessarily associated with rain—it wasn’t on any of the days shown in this post—just broken low cloud layers… Thanks!! :-)
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Love the way the rays of the sun look coming through the cloud cover. I never have a camera when I see it.
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One of my favorite sights in the whole world, golden sunrays spilling through the clouds. Thank you very much for posting this!
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You are most welcome, and thanks for following our blog!! :-)
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The bands of light in each of these images is awesome!
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Thanks so much—and thank you for following our blog!! :-)
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Stunning pictures all of them. Yet the first one is my favorite because of the yellow in the back.
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Yes, the yellow does make it richer…
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amazing shots of sun rays breaking through the clouds! love the 3rd from the last – so peaceful!
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:-) Thank you!!
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these shots are gorgeous!
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Thank you!!
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