Alberta sky

Black and white photo of a cloud in front of the sun with rays emendating

Image via Sheryl R Garrison.

Photographer Sheryl Garrison described her image, taken Thursday afternoon (May 30, 2019) in southern Alberta, Canada as:

Crepuscular rays fueled by early season forest fires.

Alberta, Canada has been experiencing a very difficult fire season already. The satellite image, below, is from a day earlier (May 29). The entire province looks as though it is completely engulfed in smoke.

View larger. | There are 5 large areas of satellite “hot spots” that are visible in this natural-color satellite image collected by the Terra satellite on May 29, 2019. Read more. Image via NASA.

Bottom line: Photo of cloud over Alberta, Canada in fire season 2019.

Source:
https://earthsky.org/todays-image/alberta-canada-crepescular-rays-may2019-photo