Nothing special here. Just testing soft shadows on the planet to the right to simulate the epic sunrise moment.
Yes I Know the quality isn't that great but this IS a test render :P
Used After Effects CS4 for Video Co-Pilot's Optical Flares plug-in.
Any improvements on the lighting situation might be helpful :)
It has a 1970 TV camera space image quality. If you turned the image off the horizontal ten to fifteen degrees it would have more punch.