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Uploaded: 08/26/18 9:15 AM GMT
Oval Sunset
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The oval appeareance of the sun at sunset is just an optical illusion and has nothing to do with a bad lens or something like that, ☺ .

WIKI says about this phenomenon: "Refraction also affects the apparent shape of the Sun when it is very close to the horizon. It makes things appear higher in the sky than they really are. Light from the bottom edge of the Sun's disk is refracted more than light from the top, since refraction increases as the angle of elevation decreases. This raises the apparent position of the bottom edge more than the top, reducing the apparent height of the solar disk. Its width is unaltered, so the disk appears wider than it is high."

This sunset image was taken at a south-west beach on the peninsula Walcheren, Zeeland, The Netherlands.

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::tigger3
08/26/18 9:33 AM GMT
MR. C. Thanks for the informative narrative to go along with this unique sunset image, well done, as usual! tigs=^..^=
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Nature in all her glory is my uplift on life and so is my love of photography. sandi ♪ ♫
::Dunstickin
08/26/18 1:55 PM GMT
It is waiting for it's 'bottom' to get into shape!...😜...

Super shot, this is making me a lot warmer now that our weather has gone chilly!...
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.0930_23
08/26/18 2:59 PM GMT
It sure is a beautiful sunset whatever the reason SEA.
Magnificent with the silhouettes.

OFT


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People are like cameras--sometimes they lose focus.
::Starglow
08/26/18 4:40 PM GMT
It is a gorgeous capture. Would be great to be out there and see this.
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::trixxie17
08/26/18 6:24 PM GMT
Exceptional sunset image Mr. C. - you sure do get some great sunset shots in your location.
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Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. Albert Camus
::ro_and
09/02/18 11:32 AM GMT
brilliant ....
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let me keep my eyes open, let me see the beauty
.rvdb
09/05/18 9:23 AM GMT
Frame and sell C.

Rob
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The reason why the sun sets in the evening is because it wants to see the sunrise in the morning. I rise in the morning because I want to see them both. RvdB
.icedancer
09/05/18 2:31 PM GMT
Spectacular shot and striking colours - such a wonderful scene and view
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.GomekFlorida
09/05/18 5:53 PM GMT
Reminds me of something like a water balloon say, and as it rests on the horizon, it get flattened out some. A wonderful sunset shot!
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Long before the white man and long before the wheel, when the dark green forests were too silent to be real. Lightfoot 1967

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