14th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Beautiful rays of sunlight radiating from the sun in a view from an airplane window at 36,000 feet

Sun rays composed of rectangular packets of a variety of colors radiating with amazing symmetry from the sun which appears as a bright sphere. There are delicate patched of clouds above and a sheetlike layer of clouds below. The photo was taken from window seat of an airplane flying at 36,000 feet using an iPhone 6S. The tip of the airplane wing can be seen in the lower right of the photo.

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Date Taken: 10.2016
Date Uploaded: 10.2016
Photo Location: , United States of America
Copyright: © Barbara Schwartz-Eisdorfer