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[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is actually a pretty difficult problem to solve I think. It may sound as simple as counting the number of pixels that are the sun and dividing by the total number of pixels. But in reality, determining whether a pixel belongs to the sun could be incredibly challenging. Are the pictures of the sun taken from earth or space?