Esoteric question.

I have no idea on the answer of this one.

Enlighten us.

"Joe" wrote

Yer 100 mile off the coast of Texas. It's cloudy but beams of light
from the sun are passing thru holes in the clouds and are illuminated
by dust in the air along their paths. The rays are virtually parallel ,
but because of your perspective they appear to diverge. Those ray that
appear to extend downward have a common named used by salty sailors for
hundreds of years.

Question:
What are they called by old salts?

What is the proper name ?

If extending upwards and across the sky appearing to converge towards a
point 180 degrees from the sun are called what?