Perspectives

Title: Great Lawn in Central Park as “Golden Hour” Approaches. Talk about being at the right place at the right time. I was just rounding the northern end of the Great Lawn in Central Park approaching twilight, when this spectacular radiatus cloud formation, lit by the descending sun, came into view looming over the Manhattan skyline. Radiatus clouds are actually parallel to the wind direction, but converge to a vanishing point due to linear perspective. For cloud spotters, the crown jewel of radiatus clouds extends completely across the sky with two vanishing points rather than one, on opposite sides of the horizon. Of course, even if you are lucky enough to see it, fully capturing it in a photograph is no “walk in the park”!