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Reflection

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Highlighted solution (281 characters)
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<style>*&{
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  background:
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    linear-gradient(#6CB3A9 15px, #0000 0 25px, #6CB3A9 0 40px, #0000 0 50px, #6CB3A9 0 65px, #0000 0 75px, #6CB3A9 0 90px,#0000 0) 0 150px / 100% 50% no-repeat,
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    radial-gradient(1q,#F6DF96 100px, #0000 0),
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    linear-gradient(#D25B70 50%, #6CB3A9 0);
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}

The first solution was pretty straight forward, drawing red and blue, the sun and then a gradient to add the reflection effect.

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<style>&{
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  background:
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    radial-gradient(1q at 50% 100%,#F6DF96 100px, #D25B70 0) 0 0 / 400px 150px no-repeat,
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    radial-gradient(1q,#0000 100px, #6CB3A9 0),
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    linear-gradient(#6CB3A9 15px, #F6DF96 0 25px)0 0/100%25px

By making the reflection first, using a "transparent" sun and moving the red sun part as a single, non-repeating background on top, this saved some characters. Thinking about transparency and layers really allows a lot of options using gradients.

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