Earlier in the year I saw something that I've never seen before with a city skyline:
The full picture is http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/_MG_0155.jpg
First, let me apologise for the picture not being particularly sharp. The point of the picture, however, is the the "blur" on the building in the middle of the picture. I don't even know if "blur" is the right word to use. On other days, I'm used to seeing it reflect brightly in the sunlight but this ... is different.
The photo is of the City of Melbourne's skyline (Australia), looking north, with a setting sun to the west.
The building with what looks like motion blur for the top part of it has gold plated glass. In this photo, it looks like the gold is being "washed off" and sprayed into the air. It is a newer apartment building with glass windows all over its surface.
This was visible with the naked eye.
At the time, the wind would have been coming from behind me, so the sprayed light is not in the same direction as the prevaling wind (onshore afternoon/evening breeze.)
Thoughts?
Sunlight sprayed off building top at sunset?
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Re: Sunlight sprayed off building top at sunset?
The brightness of the building top would indicate that
it is reflecting the sun almost directly in your direction.
Near forward scattering of aerosols can be quite pronounced:
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it is reflecting the sun almost directly in your direction.
Near forward scattering of aerosols can be quite pronounced:
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Art Neuendorffer