The sun had not shone all day, but stayed hidden behind a layer of heavy cloud, offering only shower after shower of rain. Finally, it put in a brief appearance above the horizon, just in time to set. I’m not sure if this qualifies as atmospheric lensing or not, perhaps someone SWFer can elaborate on it, but for a moment the sun did appear more like a deck of suns, being shuffled down towards the horizon. Another even more spectacular sunlight distortion (of debatable cause) was posted recently on the astronomy Picture of the Day website, click HERE.
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Well, when it finally appeared, it did a spectacular job, didn't it? This is a beautiful picture!
Nice captured. I like the sunset here.
Glad you finally got to see it...
It's almost like a pillar effect. The light stacks and distorts on all the "dirty air". Spectacular the way it seems to be crawling toward the shore.
Fantastic! Love the reflection on the water, and gorgeous colors!
Have a great weekend, Deborah!
Sylvia
with clouds, no two sunsets are the same. We have NO clouds here and no rain.
Very nice capture. Have a great weekend.
That is gorgeous. Love that "like a deck of suns" remark.
Kat
Hi Deb, That is a beautiful Skywatch picture... Love it when the sun peaks through the clouds like that. Gorgeous!!!
Hugs,
Betsy
Yes, why does the sun come out just in time to set?
And, why do get storms around 4 pm in the summer?
That was a strange shot you sent me to, but I know a person can see some odd things on the water. We once watched what appeared to be an island hovering over the water out in the bay. No camera, of course.
lovely photo, the water looks choppy?
Gill in Canada
I like this shot, thank you for sharing.
I love how sometimes the sun suddenly appears for a short time at the end of the day. Nice capture.
Great photo...beautiful sunset and reflection...
Simply beautiful.
Sydney - City and Suburbs
That's quite a view. Funny how the sun shows up for the curtain call after missing the entire show! Love it, though.
Lovely sunset, I love the reflection on the water.
All I know is that I want to dive into that water and follow the light path to the sun.
Your first sentence is an excellent description of our summer! Nice for the sun to make a brief appearance ;-)
I love your post title
and the photo is spectacular
Very Beautiful!
This is such a quintessential dreamy, rainy day photo. Great job on capturing a really neat moment. for I bet it only lasted an instant.
Love the unsettled waves beneath that mystical sunset sky! Beautiful!
WoW...simply beautifully captured shot!
Sunshing along the lake always is a treat to witness. It must be so peaceful walking along this Lake taking your photos!
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