Melting Sun 001

I didn’t get to photograph the eclipse because of cloud cover but I did get to see the sun have a meltdown due to the stress of the event.

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Melting Sun 002

Actually a melting sun like this is a mirage caused by warm air over Lake Superior’s surface. The water vapor turns earth’s atmosphere into a lens, refracting the rays of the rising sun and distorting it.

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Melting Sun 003

You get to see an inverted sun beneath the “real” one.

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Melting Sun 004

When it gets above the intense water vapor the distortion is gone.

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