© 2008 Donncha O Caoimh 2008-04-17_img_2561-m

Great ball of flame

Sunrise over Blarney a few days ago. There was a thin layer of cloud on the horizon that nicely blocked out much of the light of the sun allowing me to capture this early morning sun.

It’s amazing to think that the light we see takes 8 minutes to travel the immense distance between the Sun and Earth. What’s even more remarkable is the thousands of years a photon can spend zinging back and forth inside the Sun before emerging as heat and light.

5 Comments

  1. donG hO
    Posted April 21, 2008 at 2:36 pm | #

    amazing view of the sun. the sunlight expresses how complicated it is through this photo.

  2. Bettythesheep
    Posted April 21, 2008 at 8:48 pm | #

    Really unusual sunrise, great photo.

  3. Flickr: ihlphotography
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 9:55 am | #

    Wonderful shot. One would imagine that this sunrise is an African sunrise somewhere in Tanzania or somewhere….

  4. Flickr: Kieran McCarthy
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 11:00 am | #

    great shot

  5. Flickr: estgirl99
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 2:25 am | #

    awesome shot
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