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Years ago, I posted a very simple chart that really had nothing to do with dusk. Last night, I set up a tripod with the intention of grabbing an actual dusk photo. Hard to do, because you'd eventually be taking a photo of nothing...lol. I kept clicking until there was nothing except artificial light coming over the Horizon from Los Angeles. I posted the last photo in the lot, where you can still see natural light. This is probably as close to an actual Astronomical dusk shot in high def we are going to be able to get. I added some saturation or we'd really be looking at the abyss here. So...if a consensus doesn't like it, take her down. It's not going to win any photo awards; there's hardly an image there, but I think it is what it is. Thanks Pocketthis ( talk) 15:59, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
I wouldn't agree with that statement, even if we were talking about night time. The horizon is always visible at night. The stars are distant Suns that light the sky enough to see the horizon, even on a night with no moon. The only time the horizon disappears, is when the sky is completely covered with a blanket of clouds. Then no astronomical light is allowed to illuminate the sky. Even when it is so dark, that you can't see your hand in front of your face, the horizon can be distinguished from the sky. Pocketthis ( talk) 19:51, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
Pocketthis, can you quote the source for these two sentences in the introduction? I can't find the source language on the web, and I don't have a physical copy of this dictionary.
Dusk occurs at the darkest stage of twilight, or at the very end of astronomical twilight just before night.
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"Dusk" is actually short for Astronomical Dusk, or the darkest part of twilight before night begins.
My experience is that everyday usage of the word "dusk" refers to the end of civil twilight, or possibly the end of nautical twilight. I've never heard someone refer to it as the end of astrmonomical twilight, which could be an hour-and-a-half or more past sunset—well beyond the time when most would consider it to be dark. Generally, parks or playgrounds might say "closes at dusk", which means "dark". Google "dusk" and it gives the time for the end of civil twilight.
I'm just looking for a source, because I am skeptical of the way it is worded now. -- TWCarlson ( talk) 00:42, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
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Years ago, I posted a very simple chart that really had nothing to do with dusk. Last night, I set up a tripod with the intention of grabbing an actual dusk photo. Hard to do, because you'd eventually be taking a photo of nothing...lol. I kept clicking until there was nothing except artificial light coming over the Horizon from Los Angeles. I posted the last photo in the lot, where you can still see natural light. This is probably as close to an actual Astronomical dusk shot in high def we are going to be able to get. I added some saturation or we'd really be looking at the abyss here. So...if a consensus doesn't like it, take her down. It's not going to win any photo awards; there's hardly an image there, but I think it is what it is. Thanks Pocketthis ( talk) 15:59, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
I wouldn't agree with that statement, even if we were talking about night time. The horizon is always visible at night. The stars are distant Suns that light the sky enough to see the horizon, even on a night with no moon. The only time the horizon disappears, is when the sky is completely covered with a blanket of clouds. Then no astronomical light is allowed to illuminate the sky. Even when it is so dark, that you can't see your hand in front of your face, the horizon can be distinguished from the sky. Pocketthis ( talk) 19:51, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
Pocketthis, can you quote the source for these two sentences in the introduction? I can't find the source language on the web, and I don't have a physical copy of this dictionary.
Dusk occurs at the darkest stage of twilight, or at the very end of astronomical twilight just before night.
and
"Dusk" is actually short for Astronomical Dusk, or the darkest part of twilight before night begins.
My experience is that everyday usage of the word "dusk" refers to the end of civil twilight, or possibly the end of nautical twilight. I've never heard someone refer to it as the end of astrmonomical twilight, which could be an hour-and-a-half or more past sunset—well beyond the time when most would consider it to be dark. Generally, parks or playgrounds might say "closes at dusk", which means "dark". Google "dusk" and it gives the time for the end of civil twilight.
I'm just looking for a source, because I am skeptical of the way it is worded now. -- TWCarlson ( talk) 00:42, 21 August 2016 (UTC)