The Sunsets and Rainbows Piccies Page

Last Updated 18th May 2012

Click here to return to the main Piccies index.


This is a compilation of all the crepuscular rays, sunsets and rainbows I have taken, collected into one page and categorised accordingly.


Crepuscular Rays


12-sunbeams.jpg

20020822.jpg

sunflare.jpg

cloudscape.jpg

20030823_SunCloud.jpg

20031021_SunBehindCloud.jpg
2nd March 2002 22nd August 2002 28th December 2002 23rd August 2003 21st October 2003

20040107_SunRays1.jpg

20040107_SunRays2.jpg

20040114_SunRays3.jpg

SunPatches.jpg

0631_LastLookAtLondonEye.jpg

20040605_Sunbeam.jpg
7th January 2004 14th January 2004 8th April 2004 3rd May 2004 5th June 2004

20040618_LightBeam.jpg

20041030_Crepuscular1.jpg

20041030_Crepuscular2.jpg

20041030_Crepuscular3.jpg

20041030_Crepuscular4.jpg
18th June 2004 30th October 2004 30th October 2004 30th October 2004 30th October 2004

20041114_CloudSilhouette.jpg

20050325_Crepuscular.jpg

20050723_Sunbeams.jpg

20050811_CrepuscularRays.jpg

Crepuscular1.jpg

Crepuscular2.jpg
14th November 2004 25th March 2005 23rd July 2005 11th August 2005 14th January 2007 14th January 2007

Crepuscular3.jpg

Waves3.jpg

Waves4.jpg

Waves5.jpg

Tree3.jpg

Crepuscular.jpg

DeeValley.jpg
14th January 2007 16th July 2007 - Crepuscular rays and wave clouds. 14th September 2007 - Crepuscular rays. 11th October 2007 - Crepuscular rays.

Crepuscular1.jpg

Crepuscular2.jpg

Crepuscular1.jpg

Clouds3.jpg

Crepuscular2.jpg

Crepuscular3.jpg
9th September 2008 - Crepuscular rays. 22nd November 2008 - Crepuscular rays. 22nd November 2008 - Crepuscular rays (and a hint of iridescence too). 22nd November 2008 - Crepuscular rays. 22nd November 2008 - Crepuscular rays.

Crepuscular4.jpg

AnotherGlider.jpg

Clouds14.jpg

Cloud3.jpg

img_3454.jpg
22nd November 2008 - Crepuscular rays. 22nd November 2008 - Crepuscular rays. 22nd November 2008 - Crepuscular rays. 1st June 2009 7th October 2009

SnowRemnants2.jpg

Cloudscape1.jpg

IMG_4431.jpg

IMG_4434.jpg

IMG_4437.jpg
27th December 2009 - Crepuscular rays. 27th December 2009 - Crepuscular rays. 21st September 2011 - Crepuscular rays over Aviemore.

Rainbows and Glories


20020524.jpg

20020711_SunlitRain.jpg

20020711_Rainbow1.jpg

20020711_Rainbow2.jpg

20030829_MiniRainbow.jpg

20040325_DoubleRainbow.jpg
24th May 2002 11th July 2002 - Sunlit Rain one way. 11th July 2002 - Rainbow the other way. 29th August 2003 - Mini rainbow embedded in small shower. 25th March 2004

20040503_GurkinRainbow_CanaryWharf.jpg

200407171608_BrockenSpectre.jpg

200407240321_BrockenSpectre.jpg

20040819_CbRainbow.jpg
3rd May 2004 17th July 2004 24th July 2004 19th August 2004

20040913_BrentfordRainbow.jpg

20041002_BraemarRainbow.jpg

Morven.jpg

Glory.jpg

FaintRainbow.jpg

Cloudbase2.jpg
13th September 2004 2nd October 2004 6th October 2004 19th February 2005 14th January 2007 3rd March 2007

Rainbow1.jpg

Rainbow2.jpg

RainbowPanorama.jpg

Rainbow3.jpg

K13Rainbow1.jpg

K13Rainbow2.jpg
3rd March 2007 3rd March 2007 3rd March 2007 3rd March 2007 3rd March 2007 3rd March 2007

PassingStorm4.jpg

PassingStorm5.jpg

Glory1.jpg

Glory1Closeup.jpg

Lennies8.jpg

Lennies11.jpg
3rd July 2007 - Same Storm. 11th October 2007 - Glory. 11th October 2007 - Glory. 11th October 2007 - Glory.

GloryEdge1.jpg

GloryEdge2.jpg

img_2972.jpg

img_3318.jpg
22nd November 2008 - Edge of a Glory. 22nd November 2008 - Edge of a Glory. 4th October 2009 - Rainbow. 6th October 2009 - Rainbow.

img_3696.jpg

img_3697.jpg

img_3721.jpg

img_3722.jpg

img_3723.jpg
11th October 2009 - Rainbow. 11th October 2009 - Rainbow.

img_3784.jpg

img_3791.jpg

img_3814.jpg

img_3832.jpg

IMG_7364.jpg
11th October 2009 - Lower Rainbows. 4th August 2010 - Partial Rainbow with faint double.

IMG_1872.jpg

IMG_1280_1282_Panorama.jpg

IMG_2388.jpg

IMG_3757.jpg
26th August 2011 - A very bright rainbow in Hendon. A closeup with the main camera and an iPhone panorama. 14th September 2011 - Faint Rainbow over Glen Nevis. 18th September 2011 - Rainbow fragment over Black Rock Gorge, Evanton.

IMG_3812.jpg

IMG_3816_3817_Panorama.jpg

IMG_3821.jpg

IMG_3826.jpg

IMG_3992_3994_Panorama.jpg
18th September 2011 - Rainbow over Evanton. 18th September 2011 - Bright double rainbow over Cromarty Firth. 19th September 2011 - Faint rainbow over Cairn Gorm.

img_6070_6076_panorama.jpg

IMG_6075.jpg

IMG_6080.jpg
17th April 2012 - Complete rainbow over Hendon.

Sunsets (and Sunrises)


20020603.jpg

20020623_sunset.jpg

20020818_FierySunset.jpg

sunset.jpg

20030311_RedCumulus.jpg

20030311_RedFilaments.jpg
3rd June 2002 23rd June 2002 18th August 2002 - Favourite Sunset to date. 28th December 2002 11th March 2003

20030625_RedCC.jpg

20030625_RedCC2.jpg

20030627_RedCu.jpg

20030627_RedCu2.jpg

20030703_RedGap.jpg

20030703_RedGap2.jpg
25th June 2003 27th June 2003 3rd July 2003

20031020_SunsetShowerPanorama.jpg

20031102_RedCunim.jpg

20040116_SunsetCumulus.jpg

20040124_SunsetWaveyCumulus.jpg
20th October 2003 2nd November 2003 16th January 2004 24th January 2004

20040322_Sunset.jpg

20040416_GoldenSunset.jpg

20040530_Sunset.jpg

20040610_Sunset.jpg

20040616_Sunset.jpg

20040621_Sunset.jpg
22nd March 2004 16th April 2004 30th May 2004 10th June 2004 16th June 2004 21st June 2004

200407240409_Sunset.jpg

20040731_ParhamSunset.jpg

20040825_Sunset.jpg

Sunrise.jpg

MistySunrise.jpg

20041114_Sunset.jpg
24th July 2004 31st July 2004 25th August 2004 5th September 2004 5th September 2004 14th November 2004

20041206_JerusalemSunset.jpg

20041215_Sunset.jpg

20050215_RedCumulus.jpg

20050303_SunsetCumulus1.jpg

20050303_SunsetCumulus2.jpg
6th December 2004 15th December 2004 15th February 2005 3rd March 2005 3rd March 2005

20050312_Sunset.jpg

20050313_ManhattanSunset.jpg

20050421_Sunset.jpg

20050622_AirplaneSunset.jpg

20050622_Sunset.jpg

20050710_Sunset.jpg
12th March 2005 13th March 2005 21st April 2005 22nd June 2005 22nd June 2005 10th July 2005

20050715_Sunset1.jpg

20050715_Sunset2.jpg

20050723_Sunset.jpg

20050807_Sunset.jpg

20050819_Sunset.jpg

20051114_Sunset.jpg
15th July 2005 23rd July 2005 7th August 2005 19th August 2005 14th November 2005

20051119_FoggySunrise.jpg

20051225_Sunset.jpg

20060121_Sunset.jpg

20060121_SunsetPillar.jpg

20060303_FerrySunset.jpg

20060304_Sunset.jpg
19th November 2005 25th December 2005 21st January 2006 21st January 2006 3rd March 2006 4th March 2006

20061109_Sunset.jpg

20061209_Sunset.jpg

Sunrise.jpg

Sunset1.jpg

Sunset2.jpg
9th November 2006 9th December 2006 14th January 2007 14th January 2007 14th January 2007

SunsetTow.jpg

Sunset3.jpg

Sunset.jpg

CirrusAfterSunset.jpg
14th January 2007 14th January 2007 2nd April 2007 18th June 2007

Sunset1.jpg

Sunset2.jpg

Sunset3.jpg

Sunset4.jpg

Sunset5.jpg

SunsetX.jpg
29th June 2007 30th July 2007

Sunset1.jpg

Sunset2.jpg

Sunset.jpg

Sunset.jpg

Sunset.jpg

SunsetClouds.jpg
7th August 2007 7th August 2007 17th August 2007 17th September 2007 30th January 2008 4th August 2008

Sunset.jpg

Sunrise1.jpg

Sunrise2.jpg

Sunrise3.jpg

GoldenHour1.jpg

GoldenHour2.jpg
12th August 2008 9th September 2008 22nd November 2008 - Golden Hour 22nd November 2008 - Golden Hour

GoldenHour3.jpg

Sunset1.jpg

SunsetAerotow.jpg

Sunset2.jpg

Sunset3.jpg

Sunset4.jpg
22nd November 2008 - Golden Hour 22nd November 2008 22nd November 2008 22nd November 2008 22nd November 2008 22nd November 2008

PostSunset.jpg

LashamSunrise.jpg

SunsetVirga1.jpg

SunsetVirga2.jpg
22nd November 2008 31st January 2009 20th May 2009

SunsetCumulus1.jpg

SunsetCumulus2.jpg

SunsetCumulus3.jpg

SunsetCumulus4.jpg

SunsetCumulus5.jpg

VolcanicSunset.jpg
11th June 2009 4th July 2009

Cirrocumulus1.jpg

Cirrocumulus2.jpg

Sunset1.jpg

Sunset2.jpg
5th July 2009 10th July 2009

GoldenHour1.jpg

GoldenHour2.jpg

Sunset.jpg

SunsetZoom.jpg

PostSunset.jpg
30th July 2009

Sunset1.jpg

Sunset2.jpg

Sunset3.jpg

img_2835.jpg

img_2841.jpg

img_2842.jpg
9th September 2009 4th October 2009 - Sunrise in Glen Nevis.

img_4512_4514_panorama.jpg

img_4617.jpg

img_4618.jpg

img_4620.jpg

img_4621.jpg

img_4629.jpg
14th October 2009 - Post Sunset at Deeside. 15th October 2009 - Golden Hour above Deeside. 15th October 2009 - Sunset Crepusculars above Deeside.

GreenfordSunrise.jpg

DawnSnow1.jpg

Sunset1.jpg

Sunset2.jpg

Sunset3.jpg
23rd December 2009 - Sunrise in Greenford. 7th January 2010 - Sunrise in Greenford. 7th January 2010 - Sunset in Greenford.

Moon.jpg

Sunset1.jpg

Sunset2.jpg

GliderSunset.jpg

GliderSunset_Crop.jpg

SunsetPanorama.jpg
29th January 2010 - Sunset in Kenton. 30th January 2010 - Sunset at Lasham Airfield.

VolcanicSunset1.jpg

VolcanicSunset2.jpg

VolcanicSunset3.jpg

SunsetClouds1.jpg

SunsetClouds2.jpg
15th April 2010 - Volcanic Sunset in Kenton. 9th June 2010 - Sunset in Kenton.

IMG_0512.jpg

IMG_0513.jpg

IMG_0529.jpg

IMG_0531.jpg
24th March 2011 - Sunset at Lasham Airfield. 2nd April 2011 - Sunset in Kenton.

IMG_0878.jpg

IMG_0906.jpg

IMG_0910.jpg

IMG_0911.jpg

IMG_0914_0918_Panorama.jpg
11th May 2011 - Sunset on the South Bank in Central London.

IMG_1522.jpg

IMG_1524.jpg

IMG_2163.jpg

IMG_2181.jpg

IMG_5385.jpg
19th June 2011 - Sunset in Hendon. 13th September 2011 - Sunset in Corpach near Fort William. 23rd September 2011 - Sunset in Edinburgh.

IMG_1215.jpg

IMG_1221.jpg

IMG_6087.jpg

IMG_6088_6089_Panorama.jpg

IMG_6228.jpg

IMG_6230.jpg
10th December 2011 - Sunset over Golders Green. 29th April 2012 - Golden hour over Kenton. 30th April 2012 - Vivid sunset at North Wootton, Norfolk.

Miscellaneous


20020719_Cirrocumulus1.jpg

20040125_FoggyStart.jpg

20040125_SunHalo.jpg

BacklitCumulus.jpg

20040702_SunEffect.jpg
19th July 2002 - Sun shining through mackerel sky. 25th January 2004 - Sun trying to break through a layer of fog early in the morning. 25th January 2004 - Halo around sun caused by thick layer of cirrus. 8th April 2004 - Backlit cumulus cloud. 2nd July 2004 - Rainbow coloured fringes on cloud.

20050316_Sundog1.jpg

20050316_Sundog2.jpg

20050402_Iridescence.jpg

20051009_SunThroughCu.jpg

20051112_SunHalo.jpg
16th March 2005 - Sundog seen just west of Manhattan. 2nd April 2005 - Iridescent cirrus cloud. 9th October 2005 - The sun seen through a cumulus cloud while at it's base. 12th November 2005 - Halo around the sun.

20051119_FogBow.jpg

20060210_Iridescence.jpg
19th November 2005 - Fog bow. 10th February 2006 - Iridescence.

22degreeRainbow.jpg

120degreeParhelia.jpg

22degree_ParehlicCircle_Sundog_L.jpg

22degree_ParehlicCircle_Sundog_R.jpg

22degreeRainbowZoom.jpg
7th March 2007 - 22 degree halo and circumscribed halo around the sun and a complete parhelic circle with 120 degree parhelia over Jerusalem, Israel.

22DegreeHalo.jpg

Lennies2.jpg

Lennies3.jpg

SunPillar.jpg
21st April 2007 - 22 degree halo. 11th October 2007 - Iridescence. 11th October 2007 - Sundog. 11th October 2007 - Sun pillar.

Halo1.jpg

Halo2.jpg

CircumhorizonArcZoom1.jpg

CircumhorizonArc.jpg

CircumhorizonArcZoom2.jpg
16th July 2008 - Circumscribed arc. 16th July 2008 - 22 degree halo. 16th July 2008 - Circumhorizon arc.

Clouds1.jpg

Reflections2.jpg

CloudHalo.jpg

Halo1.jpg

Halo2.jpg

img_3768.jpg
22nd November 2008 - Faint iridescence. 22nd November 2008 - Faint iridescence. 24th March 2009 - 22 degree halo. 14th June 2009 - 22 degree halo. 11th October 2009 - Subsun.

img_4542.jpg

Sundog1.jpg

Sundog2.jpg
15th October 2009 - Glory. 16th March 2010 - Sundog.