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The sun is visible a little before the actual sun rise and little after actual sun set.why?

The sun is visible a little before the actual sun rise and little after actual sun set.why?

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Arun
25750 Points
5 years ago
This is because of the refraction of the light from the Sun by the Earth's atmosphere--the Earth's atmosphere bends the path of the light so that we see the Sun in a position slightly different from where it really is.

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