Rectangular Sun
Taken by Helio de Carvalho Vital on February 8, 2020 @
Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Camera Used: NIKON COOLPIX P900
Exposure Time: 10/1000
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO: 100
Date Taken: 2020:02:08 18:34:59
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Details:
Temperature inversions sometimes occur in coastal areas as upwelling of cold water can decrease air temperatures at the sea surface, causing the cooled air mass to become trapped below warmer atmospheric layers.
That happened off the coast of Saquarema, 80km East of Rio de Janeiro, as the waters of the Atlantic Ocean cooled the air layer in contact with its surface. However, just above that mass, there was a warmer layer of air, keeping it stable. The temperature inversion layer formed then acted like a trap for the light rays from the setting Sun and a complex series of reflection and refraction events took place within it, producing a mirror image that resembled a rectangle beneath the severely distorted image of the Sun`s disk. The result was that Rectangular Sun. A Nikon CoolPIx P900 camera was used for the shots, taken at 18:34-18:35 (UTC-3h).
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