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11 Sunsetting at a bamboo bridge crossing the Mekong River in Thailand 800
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5 Sunsetting over a river in South Korea in Asia 800
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7 Sunsetting over a river in South Korea in Asia 800
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9 Red sky at dusk in South Korea 800
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13 Sun setting over the South China Sea in Malaysia 800
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20 Bamboo bridge crossing the Mekong River at sunset in Thailand 800
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23 Setting sun glowing behind a tree in South Korea 800
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24 Sun setting at low tide over the South China Sea in Malaysia 800
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33 Typical sunset in eastern Malaysia in southeast Asia 800
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34 Sunset in southern Thailand 800
Sunrise in Asia
Regardless of whether you are in the northern or southern hemisphere, the sun will always rise in the east and set in the west. The sun, the stars, and the moon rise in the east and always set in the west because the earth spins towards the east.
A lover of sunsets is called an 'opacarophile'. 'opacare' which is Latin for dusk or sunset, and 'phile' which is Greek for love. Sunset can be defined as the moment when the top of the sun's disk has passed the horizon.
As with twilight, there is civil dusk, nautical dusk, and astronomical dusk, occurring at the exact moment when the center of the sun's disk is at 6°, 12°, and 18° below the horizon, respectively.
The rising sun cast a rosy hue across the morning sky. Golden fingers of sunlight lit up the scene. The just-risen sun shone softly on the city streets, bringing with it a flurry of early-morning activity.