The Sun sets — beneath 2 horizons

Taken from the Paranal mountain, home to the ESO Paranal site that houses the Very Large Telescope (VLT), this spectacular view points out over the South Pacific Ocean at sunset. The water itself is hidden beneath a second sea of very thin clouds — so thin that the Sun shines up through them, revealing the line of the true water horizon. This gives the odd illusion that the Sun is sinking into the sea.