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Sunset (or sundown) is the disappearance of the Sun at the end of the Sun path, below the horizon of the Earth (or any other astronomical object in the Solar System) due to its rotation. As viewed from everywhere on Earth, it is a phenomenon that happens approximately once every 24 hours, except in areas close to the poles .
"Sundown" is a song by Canadian folk artist Gordon Lightfoot, from the titular album, released as a single in March 1974. "Sundown" reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and easy listening charts [ 2 ] and No. 13 on the Hot Country singles chart, [ 3 ] as well as No. 1 in Canada on RPM ' s national singles chart .
For Jews, Seventh-day Adventists, and Samaritans, Sabbath begins Friday at sundown and ends at Saturday sundown. Thus the sunset is a common symbology of the Sabbath. Sabbath (as the verb שָׁבַת֙ shabbat ) is first mentioned in the Genesis creation narrative , where the seventh day is set aside as a day of rest (in Hebrew, shabbat ) and ...
An Excel workbook with VBA functions for twilight (dawn and dusk), sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and solar position (azimuth and elevation) by Greg Pelletier, translated from NOAA's online calculator for sunrise/sunset; Time and Date to find the current state of the sun in a specified place. "Twilight" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ...
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Firefighting and recovery efforts continue in the Los Angeles area, where devastating fires have killing at least 28 people, destroyed more than 12,000 structures and prompted evacuation orders ...
Midnight sun at the North Cape on the island of Magerøya in Norway. Midnight sun, also known as polar day, is a natural phenomenon that occurs in the summer months in places north of the Arctic Circle or south of the Antarctic Circle, when the Sun remains visible at the local midnight.
The Rolling Stones waited until sundown to perform. Stanley Booth stated that part of the reason for the delay was that Bill Wyman had missed the helicopter ride to the venue. [27] When the Stones began their set, a tightly packed group of between 4,000 and 5,000 people were jammed to the very edge of the stage, and many attempted to climb onto ...