You know there’s a general recommendation not to take a photo “into the Sun”, and certainly it’s not a good idea to look directly into the Sun at any point.
However, using a camera, with an LCD screen, there’s no risk and, actually, sometimes the results can be stunning. As is the case in this photo.
With an automatic exposure setting everything in the frame is under exposed in relation to the Sun, but that just heightens the drama.
Two things I notice in this photo is how the foreground seems so dark it looks like night time – actually that contrast between the dark land and the bright sky reminds me a particular Magritte painting – you know the one? And the other is the sheer beauty of the sky. Aren’t those clouds simply gorgeous?
(The Magritte painting is called “The Empire of Light”)
Heroes Not Zombies 
I’ve heard that, in art, music and other creative activities, you have to know and master the basic rules and principles before you start taking liberties with them. At a recent rehearsal of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, after we had rehearsed a particularly awkward vocal line, the chorus master looked at us all in the choir and said, “Well, that’s Beethoven just failed his O Grade composition exam!” It was indeed a difficult bit to sing, and I can understand why it might have contravened more conventional composition rules, but being Beethoven the result was absolutely stunning – as is your photo, Bob, wonderful as ever.
Great example! Thank you Martin