Real light shafts: how the lit spot looks

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Cueva de los Tayos, Ecuador: a vertical chimney throwing a shaft of daylight straight down onto the cave floor and rubble.
01 Cueva de los Tayos, Ecuador: a vertical chimney throwing a shaft of daylight straight down onto the cave floor and rubble.
MezzoforteF, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Jomblang Cave, Java: the 'heavenly light', a beam down a pit about 60 m deep onto the floor below.
02 Jomblang Cave, Java: the 'heavenly light', a beam down a pit about 60 m deep onto the floor below.
Thomas Fuhrmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Jomblang again, another angle: how soft the beam and its landing are from that height.
03 Jomblang again, another angle: how soft the beam and its landing are from that height.
Thomas Fuhrmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Jomblang with people under the lit patch: the brightness of the spot against the dark.
04 Jomblang with people under the lit patch: the brightness of the spot against the dark.
Arie Bas, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Son Doong, Vietnam: a winter sunbeam through a skylight very far above, onto a rocky floor.
05 Son Doong, Vietnam: a winter sunbeam through a skylight very far above, onto a rocky floor.
Trantuanviet, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Antelope Canyon, Arizona: a beam landing on dry sand, its spot's edge soft.
06 Antelope Canyon, Arizona: a beam landing on dry sand, its spot's edge soft.
Lucas Löffler, public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Upper Antelope Canyon: another beam on sand.
07 Upper Antelope Canyon: another beam on sand.
Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cenote Suytun, Yucatán: the small ceiling hole and the beam on the stone platform (a shallow cave: the opening is not far up).
08 Cenote Suytun, Yucatán: the small ceiling hole and the beam on the stone platform (a shallow cave: the opening is not far up).
Nikolai Maksimovich, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cenote Suytun again.
09 Cenote Suytun again.
David Stanley, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cenote Samula, Yucatán: a beam through a small ceiling opening, landing on water.
10 Cenote Samula, Yucatán: a beam through a small ceiling opening, landing on water.
dronepicr, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Gonates tunnel, Crete (man-made): a beam landing on the tunnel floor.
11 Gonates tunnel, Crete (man-made): a beam landing on the tunnel floor.
Uoaei1, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Hang Én, Vietnam: light from a huge entrance, for comparison with a narrow shaft.
12 Hang Én, Vietnam: light from a huge entrance, for comparison with a narrow shaft.
Jérémie B., CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons