Sun-gazing , love it , but always only rising or setting .
Only blink at it in high summer at 12:00 .
As a welder i compared the melting bath always to some little star .
To me as a welder the Sun is the ultimate endless weld-point in the sky .
It might feed the gland but can badly burn the eyes .

Nice tip for taking sun pictures on a clear hot day , use a old floppy disk as a filter .

I checked other data from that date in 2010, it fit's . ;-)