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... because, from your direction, light is streaming in, not out.

More precisely: every light captured on a photography is light reflected on objects clouds and particles and it must be light streamed towards you :-)

Interesting phenomenon... I get a bit claustrophobic looking at the lower part of the image...the analogy of being "shot under water"...is a good one for me...

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[quote="Chris Peterson" post_id=293192 time=1561381930 user_id=117706]
[quote=vstill post_id=293191 time=1561381763 user_id=130020]
"…clouds near the Sun…"

This phrase needs more explanation, because it makes no sense otherwise.
[/quote]

I don't think it takes a whole lot of effort to understand what this means, unless you don't know where clouds form. (Hint: it's not in interplanetary space.)
[/quote]

One of the natural and common conventions in astronomy is to refer to things as "near each other", when they are -- from the observer's viewpoint -- near each other in the 2-dimensional projection of the sky onto the observer's eyes. Is that a sufficient explanation here? The clouds being referred to are near the solar position in the sky. The image for today, is taken looking directly opposite of that point in the sky, toward the anti-solar point. This can only be done when the sun is right near the horizon ... unless you have a lake or something to look at.

[quote=vstill post_id=293191 time=1561381763 user_id=130020]
"…clouds near the Sun…"

This phrase needs more explanation, because it makes no sense otherwise.
[/quote]

I don't think it takes a whole lot of effort to understand what this means, unless you don't know where clouds form. (Hint: it's not in interplanetary space.)

"…clouds near the Sun…"

This phrase needs more explanation, because it makes no sense otherwise.

Looks like an underwater shot! :shock:

TODAY we celebrate Anticrepuscular Rays Day: https://epod.usra.edu/blog/

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