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Credit & Copyright: Jens Hackmann
Explanation:
This was supposed to be a shot of trees in front of a setting Sun.
Sometimes, though, the unexpected can be photogenic.
During some planning shots, a
man walking his dog unexpected crossed the ridge.
The result was so striking that, after cropping, it became the main shot.
The reason the Sun
appears so large
is that the image was taken from about a kilometer away through a telephoto lens.
Scattering of blue light by the
Earth's atmosphere makes the bottom of the Sun appear slightly
more red that the top.
Also, if you look closely at
the Sun, just above the man's head, a large
group of sunspots
is visible.
The image was taken just last week in
Bad
Mergentheim,
Germany.
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See also:
- APOD: 2024 September 2 Á A Triangular Prominence Hovers Over the Sun
- APOD: 2024 August 18 Á A Solar Prominence Eruption from SDO
- APOD: 2024 August 4 Á Gaia: Here Comes the Sun
- APOD: 2024 July 28 Á Sun Dance
- Prominences and Filaments on the Active Sun
- APOD: 2024 May 28 Á Solar X Flare as Famous Active Region Returns
- APOD: 2024 May 26 Á A Solar Filament Erupts