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
Afterglow
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In meteorology, an afterglow is an optical phenomenon, generally referring to a broad arch of whitish or pinkish sunlight in the twilight sky after sunset, consisting of purple light and bright segmen
Afterglow with its bright segment and purple light above, interrupted by crepuscular rays
Purple light with crepuscular shadow
Sunset in Hong Kong after the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo
An afterglow in Dresden, Saxony, Germany