To: LeGrande
At dusk the reverse would happen and you would still see the light after the sun had actually settled beyond the horizon .At dusk you see light refracted in the atmosphere above you after the sun sets below the horizon. The last direct rays of the sun you see left the sun 8.3 minutes before you saw them, at an angle of 2.1 degees above your line of sight. By the time they got here, you had rotated into their path.
1,182 posted on
02/04/2009 11:02:57 AM PST by
tacticalogic
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To: tacticalogic
At dusk you see light refracted in the atmosphere above you after the sun sets below the horizon. The last direct rays of the sun you see left the sun 8.3 minutes before you saw them, at an angle of 2.1 degees above your line of sight. By the time they got here, you had rotated into their path. Hmm, you might be right. I don't like the wording 2.1 degrees above the sight line though. I think we are in agreement.
1,194 posted on
02/04/2009 4:45:14 PM PST by
LeGrande
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