Oct. 26, 2026 at 7:56 am Updated Oct. 26, 2026 at 8:42 am

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Associated Press photojournalist Dmitri Lovetsky is based in St. Petersburg, Russia, and has worked for the AP since 2002.

Here’s what Lovetsky had to say about this extraordinary photo:

Why I shot this photo

I like to take photos of sunsets and moonsets from a distance over historic buildings on the ground. The farther the object on the ground is from the photographer’s position, the larger the moon or sun will appear. I’ve long wanted to photograph a sunset with the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Peterhof, a suburb of St. Petersburg.

How I made this photo

This required a combination of the right azimuth toward which the sunset occurs and a clear sky near the horizon.…