Early morning - shafts of....shadow?

I've never really noticed these before, the extended shadows coming

like "negative" rays of light on top of the clouds. Early morning

light is great.

You captured it beautifully. I can't remember what they are called, but it's just the edge of the cloud creating shadows on the haze above.

The technical term for this phenomenon is crepuscular rays, and, as Mr. Blair pointed out, they're caused by the cloud casting shadows on the haze in the air. Occasionally, when the sun and the cloud causing the shadow are both below the horizon, the rays can be seen diverging from the solar point, crossing the entire sky and converging at the antisolar point. I've seen this several times from the deserts of Arizona on clear evenings.

 

Nice photo, by the way...

 

- Robert

I wasn't going to comment till I saw the shocking ratings!? This is a well composed photo, and having done a lot of cloud and sun rays, I would add that it takes some effort to capture.