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.
Sunset
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Sunset is the disappearance of the Sun at the end of the Sun path, below the horizon of the Earth due to its rotation. As viewed from everywhere on Earth, it is a phenomenon that happens approximately
Actual sunset: Two minutes before the Sun disappears below the horizon.
Sunset over the Delaware Bay at Sunset Beach, New Jersey, U.S., seen through cirrus clouds
Intense red clouds caused by Rayleigh scattering during a sunset over Meknes, Morocco
Evening twilight in Joshua Tree, California, displaying the separation of yellow colors in the direction from the Sun below the horizon to the observer, and the blue components scattered from the surrounding sky