Sure its not AI?

That was my first reaction too, but would Google really use AI developed images as part of their "Featured Photos". When our Anroid TV goes to "screen saving" mode we get treated to a lot of beautiful photos. Some I have found published on the internet together with descriptions of where the photos were taken. With this one there is no such comment.
The photographer, or at least someone with the same name, seems to work for Google so I guess it is always possible that he could have some access to some pretty powerful image processing but I would be surprised and disappointed if Google used AI processed images. It would be an insult to all those who submitted real photographic works.