Prevent ghosting of sun at sunrise

Question

I took picture of sunrise in the mountain and the sun appear inside the mountain.

What the name of this effect? is this ghosting due to high luminosity? how can I prevent it ?

My setting was :

camera : Nikon D750
lens : 85mm f/1.8D
ISO : 320
aperture : f/11
speed : 1/2000
UV filter with lens hood on

As suggested by this answer is it related to the fact that I have a UV filter on ?

The mountain name is "Pointe Percée" from the Aravis in the French Alps taken from "roc Lancrenaz".

Full image :

StephenG · Accepted Answer

Not a perfect answer, but in my view it's almost impossible to prevent such effects, as even the best lens optics can have issues with such extremes of brightness and ghosting.

So I use editing where possible to fix things like this.  Failing that you need to choose lenses very, very carefully and avoid filters as much as possible so that you're not risking introducing problems.

In this specific case it's a relatively easy correction in editing.  I used GIMP and the G'MIC plugin's "Repairs -> Inpaint [Transport Diffusion]" filter and a quick repair brush tidy up and it was done in all seconds.  Here's the result :

Daniel B · Answer

I think this is not ghosting, but uncontrolled flare. When used right, it's actually a nice creative quirk.

Tried shooting it it only with a CPL filter? Depending on lens/angle/ quality of UV filter, you could get all sorts of weird reflections inside your optics that could cause this.

Prevent ghosting of sun at sunrise

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