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Red Sun through Wildfire Smoke
This could be the view from an exoplanet orbiting around a red dwarf star, but it is our own Sun. This image was taken on July 22, 2026, in the Okanagan region in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Wildfire smoke from the Pacific Northwest acted as a solar filter, allowing the photographer to take this photo of the Sun directly. Several sunspots are also visible in this eerie image; just below and right of…
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- APOD · Debra Ceravolo
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- ap260730
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- Credit as published
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- APOD release page
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