I think it is both..an artfully taken photograph, and I hate to tell you this, but the horizon does end where the sky sucks it up in the background if you look hard enough..it's a wonderful view, and I'm just joking..I hear that if you laugh hard enough you can expend some Thanksgiving day calories..so I'm yukking it up as much as I can..lol...lol....lol..lol..lol..lol..lol...........................................:)PJ