Nice. I will add that when thinking like a photographer, you need to NOT use the simple exposure settings, and enable Photographic Exposure. This will give you camera-like settings like ISO, Shutter and F-Stop.
I did a quick test using the Photographic Exposure route and a little more highlight compression. Sky and Sun are at 1, then the camera is adjusted accordingly. If that still doesn't cut it, then adjust the intensity of the Sky or Sun, although Corona strives to be real-world and, at least here in the U.S., I can't adjust the sun to my liking. :-)
I stopped this render at 22 minutes (25 passes) on my old iMac Pro 18-core. For some reason, it did not denoise, but it was going in a good direction. Probably would finish at 45 min. Curious how smooth denoise would have made this. Probably needs more that 25 passes even with denoise.
Helpful discussion.