Nebulous Cloud

This remnant cloud from a departing storm system that included dangerous CTG lightning on the evening of June 18, 2010 is brilliantly illuminated by direct beams from a very low setting sun. Because of the circumstances, several individual clouds had the appearance of generating their own illumination. This view looks west from the eastern boundary of Bowman Woods Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa just after 8:30 PM. The sky had this look for about 20-30 minutes before the sun completely disappeared below the horizon.