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Blue hour at the Old Cathedral of the Holy Name of Jesus, Bragança in Portugal. The blue hour (from French l'heure bleue; [1] [a] pronounced [lœʁ blø]) is the period of twilight (in the morning or evening, around the nautical stage) when the Sun is at a significant depth below the horizon.
Sunrise seen over the Atlantic Ocean through cirrus clouds on the Jersey Shore at Spring Lake, New Jersey, U.S. Sunrise (or sunup) is the moment when the upper rim of the Sun appears on the horizon in the morning, [1] at the start of the Sun path. The term can also refer to the entire process of the solar disk crossing the horizon.
The symbol of light was a pagan device adopted by Christians, and perhaps the most important one that did not come from Jewish traditions. Christian churches were built so that the congregation faced toward the sunrise. [18] Tonatiuh, the Aztec god of the sun, [19] was closely associated with the practice of human sacrifice. [19]
Red sky at morning, during sunrise Further information: Weather lore § Red sky at night The common phrase " red sky at morning " is a line from an ancient rhyme often repeated with variants by mariners [ 1 ] and others:
The color temperature of daylight varies with the time of day. It tends to be around 2,000 K shortly after sunrise or before sunset, around 3,500 K during "golden hour", and around 5,500 K at midday. The color temperature can also change significantly with altitude, latitude, season, and weather conditions.
Tumangkuyun: wash and keep clean the trunks of the two sacred cardinal trees in Sidpan and Babatan by using the blood of those who have died in epidemics; the blood he uses causes the colors of the sunrise and sunset [32] Libtakan: the Manobo god of sunrise, sunset, and good weather [22]
Georgia O'Keeffe, Sunrise, watercolor, 1916. The painting is more subtle and evocative of a sunrise than her Sunrise painting of 1916. Rather than the depiction a brilliant sunrise, Light Coming on the Plains is evocative of the sun rising in the sky through ever deepening color washes of indigo blue. [8]
The sun as a charge Sun of May as depicted on the flag of Argentina Great Seal of Richard I of England (1198). Richard is depicted as seated between a crescent and a "Sun full radiant" [1]