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image credit & copyright: Jens Hackmann




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




























in apod.nasa.gov/apod