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Old 27-March-2002, 09:16 PM
AstroMike AstroMike is offline
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On 2002-03-27 15:21, Staffan Norling wrote:
Over exposure in the centre of an image is not unusual.
Well, overexposure has nothing to do with this. The bright "spotlighted" area in question is caused by a peculiar effect called Heiligenschein. See here for a brief definition of it.
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