Solstice of Light

Photo taken with the very sharp Sigma 18-35 Art lens (no stabilizer) at 20f. No photoshop at all. Raw image is essentially the same than this one.
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Photo taken with the very sharp Sigma 18-35 Art lens (no stabilizer) at 20f. No photoshop at all. Raw image is essentially the same than this one.
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The sun over the snowy top of "Bola del Mundo", one of the highest mountains of Madrid region, at the very center of Spain. The towers are 50 years old antennas, still in perfect use. The photo was taken the shortest day of 2014 (winter solstice) and practically at solar noon. I reached there after three hours walking up with my kids the icy and hard north face of the mountain. Winter solstice occurs when the sun's daily maximum elevation in the sky is at its lowest, during the shortest day of the year. But the solstice itself lasts only a moment in time: exactly when this shot was taken.
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