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		a_e_k on May 21, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Raytheon discloses future lasers that can stop hyp... This happens everyday with the sun during sunrise and sunset [1]. When you first see the apparent top of the sun during sunrise, the sun is still well below the horizon physically. It's just that the image of the sun is refracted around the curvature of the earth a bit. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunrise#Angle

JudgeWapner on May 21, 2019 [–]

but it's also ~6 minutes ahead of where we see it due to the time it takes the light to get there. I wonder which effect wins?

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