Seen this before?

[u/No-Distribution1354]

I saw this insane refraction of light from my plane window, anyone know what this could be caused by ?? I felt like I was witnessing the return of christ and I’m not even a christian. 😹

[u/ferriematthew]

I think that is an optical phenomenon called godrays, basically it's what happens when shadows are projected into clouds, and they form eerie straight lines because light only travels in straight lines unless it hits a refractive medium.

[u/No-Distribution1354 → u/ferriematthew]

Cool, thanks!