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Twilight occurs according to the solar elevation angle θ s, which is the position of the geometric center of the Sun relative to the horizon. There are three established and widely accepted subcategories of twilight: civil twilight (nearest the horizon), nautical twilight, and astronomical twilight (farthest from the horizon).
The Greek word "eos", meaning dawn, was some times used by writers to refer to the entire duration of the day, not just the morning. [ 12 ] Likewise, Eos was often referred to as Tito , another archaic word meaning day, and feminine equivalent to Titan , which is a common epithet of her brother Helios denoting his role as the creator of the day ...
Dawn to Dusk may refer to: Dawn to Dusk, the first disc of the album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins "Dawn to Dusk", a song from the Raga soundtrack; Dawn-to-dusk transcontinental flight across the United States, an aviation record established in 1924
The morning twilight begins at dawn and ends at sunrise, while the evening twilight begins at sunset and ends at dusk. Both periods of twilight can be divided into civil twilight, nautical twilight, and astronomical twilight. Civil twilight is when the sun is up to 6 degrees below the horizon; nautical when it is up to 12 degrees below, and ...
A characteristic of Homer's style is the use of epithets, as in "rosy-fingered" Dawn or "swift-footed" Achilles.Epithets are used because of the constraints of the dactylic hexameter (i.e., it is convenient to have a stockpile of metrically fitting phrases to add to a name) and because of the oral transmission of the poems; they are mnemonic aids to the singer and the audience alike.
Contemporary photographic artist Uta Barth is photographed in front of her piece, titled "…from dawn to dusk. 2022," in her studio in Mar Vista. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
Shahar "Dawn" is a god in Ugaritic and Canaanite religion first mentioned in inscriptions found in Ugarit (now Ras Shamra, Syria). [1] William F. Albright identified Shalim as the god of the dusk and Shahar as the god of the dawn. [2] Shahar and Salim are the twin children of El. As the markers of dawn and dusk, Shahar and Shalim also ...
“Future dusk is a dark, moody and intriguing hue, sitting between blue and purple,” Urangoo Samba, WGSN’s head of color, told Yahoo Entertainment. ... or dusk to dawn — making it perfect ...