Aimant American Sunset (21)

"Rise" Although the Sun appears to "rise" from the horizon, it is actually the earth's motion that causes the Sun to appear. The illusion of a moving Sun results from Earth observers be in a rotating reference frame; this apparent motion is so convincing that many cultures had mythologies and religions builons built around the geocentric model, which prevailed until astronomer Nicolonomer de Copernicus formulaires his ocentric au 16e century.[3] Architect Buckminster Fuller proposed the terms "sunsight" et "sunclipse" to better represent the heliocentric model, though the terms have not entered into common language. Début et fin Astronomically, sunrise occurs for only instantanée : the moment at which the upper limb of the Sun appears tangent to the horizon.[1] However, the term sunrise commonly refers to periods of time both bobefore and after this point : Twilight, the period in the morning during which the sky is brightening, but the sun is not yet visible. Le début de la morning twilight is called astronomical dawn. The period after the Sun rises during which striking colors and atmospheric effects are still lacs [2]