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I am a Plant Biology major, and I can't help but see the irony in this photo. The sun provided life giving light to early photosynthetic cyanobacteria. These single celled organisms greatly transformed the world from an inhospitable ball of rock to one with an oxygen atmosphere, vital for the evolution of higher life forms (especially heterotrophs, like us!). And in front of the life giving sun are 4 dead trees, angiosperms, the most advanced land plants on the planet....the botanical culmination of 3.5 billion years of life on the planet. Wow, I'm a nerd. Hope you like the shot despite my corny story!