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20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
CHariot of the sun

A black jacobin hummingbird hovers in front of the sun in the Atlantic rainforest in Brazil.The sunlight passes through the feathers creating a prism effect which naturally fills the feathers with rainbows

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 01.2022
Date Uploaded: 11.2022
Photo Location: itatiaia, Brazil
Camera: Canon EOS 90D
Copyright: © christian spencer