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Smokey Sun
Philippe Moussette, taken from Cap-Rouge, Quebec, Canada
Smoke from wildfires burning across northern Canada gives the Sun an otherworldly glow in this 1/2000-second exposure taken with a Canon DSLR and 300mm lens with 2x teleconverter at f/10 and ISO 100.
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