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Anthony Wood

Record-breaking high-altitude shot of sun's surface captured from one of Europe's tallest mountains (photo)

Two explorers can be seen climbing a snowy mountain peak with an orange sky close to the horizon. An image of the sun is inset at the top left of the image.

Cyril Dupuy, the founder of smart telescope maker Vaonis, has set a new record by capturing Europe's highest-altitude image of the sun with one of the company's telescopes during an expedition to scale Mont Blanc earlier this year.

VESPERA SMART TELESCOPE
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Wanting to see sunspots or far away galaxies? The Vaonis Vespera is a smart telescope for beginner astronomers. For a more indepth look, read our review of the telescope.

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