It makes me feel like vaguely steampunky. "Unleash the atomics! Time to give these vile Martian invaders a taste of our Crepuscular Rays!"
(Actually, come to think of it, in the premiere "movie" of the animated Justice League, the White Martian invaders were defeated, in part, by crepuscular rays. Wow. Two geekgasms in one post!) #ddtb
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Crepuscular rays are parallel! | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine
Pretty pictures | crepuscular rays | When you go outside at sunset, many times you'll be greeted with spectacular rays of light and shadow stretching across the sky. These are called crepuscular ra
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In the words of Arte Johnson, "Very interesting." 😉 Just read up on "crepuscular." Didn't realize it was in a triptych with nocturnal and diurnal.
I predict that Dave will say that he did not know that either.
I did not know that, either.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crepuscular
Now to work matutinal and vespertine (which I especially like) into casual conversation. 😉