Thanks for the comments.
That isn't the sun however, that is a tanker anchored off the coast.
When we walked onto the beach from the track the first thing that i saw was the tanker and I wanted to cry as I knew that this would be result of it, but I enacted my 'never walk away from a location, at least try something' policy and, well, I am happy with the result as the majority of people will simply think that that is the sun or moon.