what's that word for a ray of sunlight??

Question

so like there's the sunlight, but partially blocked by say, a cloud, and you see a couple rays peeking through the clouds. what is that ray called???

i know there's a word for it, but i forgot!

i'm pretty sure it starts with an "e". and it's a technical term yeah.

Answer 1

They are crepuscular rays, usually called sunbeams. "Crepuscular" means "of or pertaining to twilight". Sunbeams, crepuscular rays, are most often seen near sunrise and sunset.

Although they don't look like it, the rays are, in fact, parallel. When you see a good display coming out from a setting sun, turn around and you will see the rays going across the sky and converging to a point on the horizon opposite the sun. These converging rays are called anticrepuscular rays.

Answer 2

This question has been answered with a lot of smoke but there has been very little light shed so here is the scientific answer you were looking for. Recall that sunlight is electromagnetic radiation. This energy is propagated in the form of an advancing electric and magnetic field disturbance.

Answer 3

It's called a sun beam or a sun ray.

Answer 4

Crepuscular ray or "Jacob's Ladder".

Answer 5

Even I forgot. Is it related to tyndall effect?

Answer 6

sun ray,
sunbeam,
also called crepuscular rays.

Answer 7

haha if people dont know, asking the same question 4 times isnt going to help much.

Answer 8

I'm gonna say a beam...but I'm not 100% sure

Answer 9

i guess it's sun beam

Answer 10

electromagnetic radiation..