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.
Dawn
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Dawn is the time that marks the beginning of twilight before sunrise. It is recognized by the appearance of indirect daylight being scattered in Earth's atmosphere, when the centre of the Sun's disc h
Sunrise
…the period in the morning during which the sky is brightening, but the Sun is not yet visible. The beginning of morning twilight is called astronomical dawn. The period after the Sun rises during which striking colors and atmospheric effects are still seen. Civil twilight being the brightest, while astronomical…
Late summer dawn over the Mojave Desert, California
Dawn at La Silla Observatory, Chile
Dawn over Serra dos Órgãos National Park, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil
L'aurore, Mer du Nord by Guillaume Vogels, c. 1877