Where does the sun set? - Earth Science Stack Exchange
2023年7月4日 · Where it sets depends on 1) your latitude and 2) the Sun's declination, which varies throughout the year between -23° (December) and +23° (June). Consider the following …
What causes the colors seen during a sunset / sunrise?
2015年4月24日 · Because of the low angle, the light has to travel through more of the atmosphere before it reaches the Earth's surface and the eyes of anyone watching either the Sun rise or …
Why does it feel hotter at night? - Earth Science Stack Exchange
At night, the sun sets and the outside atmosphere is allowed to emit infrared radiation. If there are clouds out, they emit infrared radiation back down to the surface. The atmosphere, itself, also …
Why can I look directly at the sun during a sunset but not at noon?
2016年3月10日 · It's hazy, with the bits of sky near to the sun also giving off a fair amount of light. That additional light is some of the light that was scattered from an otherwise direct beam. If it …
Is there an instance where the sun sets or rises partly, then return ...
2017年2月23日 · Yes, such sunrises happens every year at the beginning and end of the polar nights at high latitudes. One can have a few days with a glimpse of the sun but disqualified …
meteorology - Why doesn't the sun reach its highest point …
2015年11月14日 · Then consider a second fictitious Sun travelling along the celestial equator at a constant speed and coinciding with the first fictitious Sun at the equinoxes. This second …
atmosphere - Golden and red colored light even after sunset
2014年11月19日 · As the sun sets the optical path for a photon passing through the atmosphere to your eye increases. Because of this increased distance through the atmosphere, more …
What exactly does it mean that Japan is the "land of the rising sun"?
2020年6月4日 · Nippon means "sun origin" or "land of the rising sun". From the direction and point of view of the older, larger civilisation of the continent to the West - China - the island of Japan …
On the light difference between morning and afternoon
2018年2月4日 · In the afternoon the rotation of the earth is away from the sun causing longer observed wavelengths or wavelengths that tend toward the reddish hues causing the light of …
meteorology - Atmospheric conditions needed that blocks all …
2019年7月5日 · Sun sets in the West, and any air conditions to the west could affect the sunset. Is that in line-of-sight? Did the air pollution reach higher in the atmosphere around China? With …