The light is above the clouds and reflecting on the edges of the rock making the edge look Photoshopped.
Mother Nature Network confirms it is real. Yes, and it is rare too. The rangers speaking from their own magnificient fiefdom, snort the unappreciative visiting plebes are disappointed because the usual view of the canyon is obscured on the one the day of their visit, but if they understood how rare the meteorological event is how incredible it is they would be properly awestruck for the wonders of nature, as the rangers are themselves.
Mother Nature Network confirms it is real. Yes, and it is rare too. The rangers speaking from their own magnificient fiefdom, snort the unappreciative visiting plebes are disappointed because the usual view of the canyon is obscured on the one the day of their visit, but if they understood how rare the meteorological event is how incredible it is they would be properly awestruck for the wonders of nature, as the rangers are themselves.
"We are currently experiencing an after Thanksgiving treat," said Erin Whittaker, a park ranger who witnessed and captured these photos. "No, it's not more pumpkin pie. It's a once in a lifetime, outstanding, crazy, amazing, mind blowing inversion. "They talk like that. But what is an inversion? That's when you turn something upside down, right?
In meteorology, an inversion is a deviation from the normal change of an atmospheric property with altitude. It almost always refers to a "temperature inversion", i.e., an increase in temperature with height, or to the layer ("inversion layer") within which such an increase occurs.
An inversion can lead to pollution such as smog being trapped close to the ground, with possible adverse effects on health. An inversion can also suppress convection by acting as a "cap". If this cap is broken for any of several reasons, convection of any moisture present can then erupt into violent thunderstorms. Temperature inversion can notoriously result in freezing rain in cold climates.
