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On 08/22/2008 07:24 AM, Anthony Lapinski wrote:
When we look at a sunset, it already
happened. Since light takes about 8 min to go from the Sun to Earth,
Sunsets don't "happen" at the sun.
Sunsets happen at the horizon, which is (with rare exceptions) only a
few miles away from wherever you are.
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