Night
Night or nighttime is the time when the Sun is not in the sky, from dusk to dawn.
The opposite of night is daytime. The start and end times of night are different in different geographic locations. It varies on season, latitude, and longitude.
Because of time zones, night happens at different times around the world. This is because the Sun shines on different parts of the Earth at different times. During a solar eclipse it is also partially night because the Sun is blocked out by the Moon.
Night Media
The night sky above a French chapel with the Milky Way and stars visible, and light pollution on the horizon
Variable spellings of night in a Middle English poem:Þu sittest a dai & fliȝst a niȝt (top)*Þu sittest a day and flyhst a niht (bottom)*'You sit by day and fly by night'*
Day and night during the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere
A diagram of the sun at sunrise or sunset, showing the effects of atmospheric refraction. The sun's angular radius is 16 arcminutes, and the average atmospheric refraction is 34 arcminutes. These combine to cause the sun to remain visible until it is 50 arcminutes below the horizon.
The drainage basin of the Nile River and delta at night
The Moon's phases at hourly intervals throughout 2020, as viewed from the Northern Hemisphere
The giant moray eel is most active by night. Its brain has adapted to rely less on visual input and more on its sense of smell.[1]
Nocturnal insects drawn to an artificial light
Time-expanded recording of a bat using echolocation to home in on its prey
Time-lapse video of a night-blooming cereus
Frederic Chopin - Nocturne Eb major Opus 9, number 2
A night scene tinted blue from the 1925 film The Phantom of the Opera
A night scene from the episode "Night Out with Mr. Bean" with a blue color balance and lighting
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References
- ↑ Iglesias and others 2018, p. 17.
