Atmospheric desortion

As the Sun neared the horizon, its disk appeared unusually flattened — a beautiful example of atmospheric refraction. When the Sun is low in the sky, its light passes through a thicker layer of Earth’s atmosphere. This causes the lower part of the Sun to bend more than the upper part, lifting it slightly and compressing the disk vertically, creating a squashed or oval appearance.

The deep orange hue is caused by Rayleigh scattering: shorter blue wavelengths are scattered out by the dense air, leaving the longer red and orange wavelengths to dominate the view. Faint silhouettes of birds and trees add scale to this warm, peaceful moment — a reminder of how light bends and colors shift as day transitions into night.

Canon 1300d with 55-250mm lens

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