After sunset. Image via Lorie Vignolle-Moritz
Twilight is the time of day between daylight and darkness, whether after sunset or before sunrise. The sun is below the horizon, but its rays are scattered by Earth’s atmosphere to create twilight’s pinks, purples, and blues. These photos all came from EarthSky Facebook friends. You’ll love them! Thanks to all who contributed.
Read more: What exactly is twilight?
Read more: The undark nights of summer by Guy Ottewell
Before sunrise in Deleware on June 1, 2017. Joe Perchetti wrote: “… Waiting for the Wallops Island Flight Facility launch. Launch was postponed, but was not disappointed.”
Image via Joe Randall
Before sunrise. Image via Lorie Vignolle-Moritz
Fredrik Roos wrote: “May 28, 2017 in Örebro, Sweden. After midnight.
Same night as the last powerful aurora borealis was visible in darker parts.”
Image via Ailee Bennett Farey
Image via Cynthia Koeppe.
Guwahati, Northeast India. Image via Indrajit Dutta
Image via Catherine Fisher
Empire State Building in twilight, via Oonagh Turitto
Twilight from Mount Shasta via Robert Holzman
Twilight at Newport, Rhode Island via Dennis Chabot
Image via Dave Pair
Image via Stu Spencer
Bottom line: Summertime is twilight time. Photos via EarthSky Facebook friends. Thanks, everybody!
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After sunset. Image via Lorie Vignolle-Moritz
Twilight is the time of day between daylight and darkness, whether after sunset or before sunrise. The sun is below the horizon, but its rays are scattered by Earth’s atmosphere to create twilight’s pinks, purples, and blues. These photos all came from EarthSky Facebook friends. You’ll love them! Thanks to all who contributed.
Read more: What exactly is twilight?
Read more: The undark nights of summer by Guy Ottewell
Before sunrise in Deleware on June 1, 2017. Joe Perchetti wrote: “… Waiting for the Wallops Island Flight Facility launch. Launch was postponed, but was not disappointed.”
Image via Joe Randall
Before sunrise. Image via Lorie Vignolle-Moritz
Fredrik Roos wrote: “May 28, 2017 in Örebro, Sweden. After midnight.
Same night as the last powerful aurora borealis was visible in darker parts.”
Image via Ailee Bennett Farey
Image via Cynthia Koeppe.
Guwahati, Northeast India. Image via Indrajit Dutta
Image via Catherine Fisher
Empire State Building in twilight, via Oonagh Turitto
Twilight from Mount Shasta via Robert Holzman
Twilight at Newport, Rhode Island via Dennis Chabot
Image via Dave Pair
Image via Stu Spencer
Bottom line: Summertime is twilight time. Photos via EarthSky Facebook friends. Thanks, everybody!
from EarthSky http://ift.tt/2rLe4Rt
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