Earth's shadow
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Earth's shadow is the shadow that Earth itself casts through its atmosphere and into outer space, toward the antisolar point. During the twilight period, the shadow's visible fringe —sometimes called
Earth's shadow (blue) and the Belt of Venus (pink) at dawn, seen above the Pacific Ocean (blue-grey), looking west from Twin Peaks, San Francisco
Earth's shadow and the Belt of Venus at dusk, looking east from the Marin Headlands just north of San Francisco in October 2010. (Note: A thin layer of greyish cloud partially obscures the horizon in this image.)
A full moon rising, as seen through the Belt of Venus. A very small part of the Earth's shadow (dark blue) is also visible in this image, but the horizon here is too high for more of the Earth's shadow to be seen.
A total lunar eclipse on May 15, 2022, shows the reddish light falling on the Moon's surface.
Sunrise
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Sunrise is the moment when the upper rim of the Sun appears on the horizon in the morning, at the start of the Sun path. The term can also refer to the entire process of the solar disk crossing the ho
Sunrise seen over the Atlantic Ocean through cirrus clouds on the Jersey Shore at Spring Lake, New Jersey, U.S.
Towers of the Church of the Assumption in Bielany-Kraków over the Wolski Forest just after sunrise.
The first sunrise in 2025 of Jabalpur, caught from a rooftop.
Sunrise in Lisbon seen from an airplane. Note refraction of colors by both the atmosphere and clouds.