sunset

Sunset or sundown, is the daily disappearance of the Sun below the horizon as a result of Earth's rotation. The Sun will set exactly due west at the spring and fall equinoxes, which each occur only once a year.

The time of sunset is defined in astronomy as the moment when the trailing edge of the Sun's disk disappears below the horizon. Near to the horizon, atmospheric refraction causes the ray path of light from the Sun to be distorted to such an extent that geometrically the Sun's disk is already about one diameter below the horizon when sunset is observed.

Sunset is distinct from twilight, which has three phases, the first being civil twilight, which begins once the Sun has disappeared below the horizon, and continues until it descends to 6 degrees below the horizon; the second phase is nautical twilight, between 6 and 12 degrees below the horizon; and the third is astronomical twilight, which is the period when the Sun is between 12 and 18 degrees below the horizon. Dusk is at the very end of astronomical twilight, and is the darkest moment of twilight just before night. Night occurs when the Sun reaches 18 degrees below the horizon and no longer illuminates the sky,
Locations north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle experience no sunset or sunrise on at least one day of the year, when the polar day or the polar night persists continuously for 24 hours.
Sunset creates unique atmospheric conditions such as the often intense orange and red colors of the Sun and the surrounding sky.

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  1. raigraphixs

    Sasquatch Sunset (2024) from producer Ari Aster

    Riley Keough & Jesse Eisenberg star as Sasquatches. From filmmakers David and Nathan Zellner (Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter) Viewer discretion Advised
  2. J

    Sunset on Teesside

    I've been wanting to take a good pic for the last few weeks and going to the same place after work. Finally on Friday the perfect conditions happened. I meant to stick a camera and tripod in the car in case, but kept forgetting, so pic took with my phone. I thought it turned out quite well. 😎...
  3. pwphotofilms

    PIXEL 6 PRO VIDEO 8k UPSCALING SUNSET - RELAXATION MOVIE

    Check out my movie , shot in camera Pixel 6 Pro , Color Grading , maunal video settings , and upscaling to 8K
  4. I

    September 2021 Winner - Long Exposure

    HDR photo merge of 3 photos. London Sunset by iWanders, on Flickr Camera: Canon 600D Focal Length: 20mm ISO: 100 Aperture: f/8 Photo 1: (for Sky) Shutter Speed: 4 Secs Photo 2: (for building / lights) Shutter Speed: 10 Secs Photo 3: (for foreground) Shutter Speed: 30 Secs
  5. jamescg1972

    St Anne’s pier at sunset

    I took this the other day while out for a run. Had planned on doing something else, but never got round to it. Taken on my iPhone so no idea what the settings were (or if it looks good on the large screen, but I like it and the beach at sunset is one of the nicest things about living by the...
  6. Marika

    Wide Sunset

    This was taken with my wide angle lens, 18mm/f4. It was a gorgeous sunset. Was worth interrupting Potter marathon for and walking to the beach :) Lightroom lens profile correction and some tweaking, but it was pretty good already sooc. And that's just in my opinion, of course :) Sunset glory by...
  7. Nuri58

    Sunset for ARCAM AVR850

    Being replaced with the new AVR30 I would like to see which issues remains and what workarounds have been found. I suspect that Arcam will not issue any more FW updates (guess they have the hands full to deal with the issues for the HDA AVRs. I’ll update the list as more comments are coming in...
  8. L

    Covid sunset

    First time posting in the competition, so mods please advise if I've messed something up, thank you. I took this last night whilst doing my evening exercise. Chorleywood Common at Sunset:
  9. S

    Delph reservoir sunset

    dragged my sorry backside out last night and the first location didnt work, quickly checked google maps and found a second but id never been or researched the area so was going in blind... wasnt too bad but i wouldnt go back. Oh, and i missed the best of light pratting about.... lurvely...
  10. S

    Local field at sunset

    ive been very patient with the recent weather and thankfully, it saved the farmer from harvesting his crop Sunset field by Mark Lightfoot, on Flickr thanks for looking
  11. ASatisfiedPasty

    Sunset (TBC) - László Nemes

    Next film from the Hungarian director of Son of Saul (one of the best films made in the past few years) Will be debuting at Toronto International Film Festival in September; UK release unconfirmed but most likely some time in 2019.
  12. Garrett

    Hold The Sunset

    New sitcom on the BBC started last night with John Cleese. I cant say I found it funny at all it seemed to swing from pleasant conversation to people getting angry and frustrated with each other.
  13. icemanonline

    February 2018 Winner - Hometown

    Edinburgh at sunset looking down onto Princess Street............ Panasonic GX80 With Sigma 19mm lens. ice cheers ice
  14. snerkler

    Owler Tor Sunset.

    I'm always a bit hesitant to get an entry in so early in case I shoot something better, but you've got to take a chance now and again ;) Taken up at Owler Tor overlooking Hope Valley last night. Used my D750 with 18-35mm f3.5-4.5G mounted to a tripod using a shutter release and a 2 stop hard...
  15. Ugg10

    Sunset over Silicon Valley

    Thought I'd get one in early this month. View of a PC Sound Card with LED Light behind. Shot with Canon 6D, 70-200 F4 IS L with Raynox 250. Natural light plus torch with red filter. Shot at f32 to get depth of field (still not much) at 30s on ISO200. PP - touched up in DXO for exposure...
  16. iansimpson888

    muted and minimal sunset

    don't have an awful lot of time for photography at the moment - ironic, because we're usually spending our time up mountains instead (but without lugging camera gear). so, we happended to have a rest weekend and took a tour of the north wales coast from barmouth to portmerion. kinda hoping that...
  17. icemanonline

    Sunset at Portobello

    Last night with Olly EM10 Mk2 and Panasonic 20mm. Not the best lens but done a nice job me thinks.. Ya Ice.. With walking stick, he say.... Hold that!
  18. icemanonline

    What I love is..."Beautiful Reflections and a Sunset in Scotland.

    As title.... This shot was taken last night (before I go into hospital today for "the news or options.. Or lack of actually!") With the Olympus OM-D EM10 ii and Panasonic 17mm prime. I thought I would at least get a shot in and as it so cold but still.... The only place to be at sunset was the...
  19. johnmc

    Timelapse

    here's a result of 600 photos put together , I used Magic lantern on the canon 600d in sunset bulb ramping mode, need to find some music for it . think it was ok until it started shooting at iso3200 . so what do you all think?
  20. S

    April 2016 Winner - Reflections

    taken one evening last week at Entwistle reservoir, i was fortunate as the light and colours didn't last long and diminished into a dull grey Sunset at the reservoir by Mark Lightfoot, on Flickr thanks for looking
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