Posted on 10/10/2011 3:19:49 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: Why would a rising Sun look so strange? No one is yet sure. What is clear is that the above unusual sunrise was captured last month from Buenos Aires, Argentina. The body of water in the foreground is Rio de La Plata, considered by many to be the widest river in the world. Although the above image is actually a combination of a normal and a very short exposure needed to avoid oversaturating the bright Sun, the photographer saw this unusual structure with his own eyes, indicating that this effect was caused by neither reflections nor distortions in the camera or lens. What looks like arms on this monster illusion might actually be, for example, low level clouds just thick enough to scatter sunlight without completely blocking the Sun. Additionally, the distortion visible on the lower part of the Sun's image might indicate a Etruscan Vase or Fata Morgana mirage possibly created by a curious refracting layer of air over the water. Unusual atmospheric phenomena are frequently thrilling to see personally, and although most can be traced to well known phenomena, others, for lack of more data, remain mysterious.
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I TOLD you NOT to press that Red Button, Civ!
NOW look what you’ve done!
Looks like a duck.........
to be discreet trinity at mecca?
Loch Ness “Nellie”
Beautiful! As is the image in the OP. I have been working on our vacation photos from TX and NM from this summer and have been slow to get them posted on flickr, altho I didn’t take as many as usual as I was not feeling well. Got a few cool ones of clouds and light rays and such. The skies can be quite magnificent. Love yours of the light washing thru the clouds. Nice job. :)
If you saw the sun actually looking like this I would say you would have about 5-10 minutes to get your “affairs in order”, “poop in a group”, and/or “life right with God”, before the Earth was turned into a smoking Charcoal Briquette.
Lights out, Party’s over!
Guess you missed the last part of my post:
“...it’s a fortuitous if beautiful shot.”
Must have missed that, my fault, it is beautiful.
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