Twilight is, of course, an abbreviation of "between light". In the absence of an English word that would describe the light level when the sun is just above the horizon, the sequence is: Darkness, dawn, twilight, sunlight, twilight, dusk, darkness.Īs there are two twilights each day, perhaps each is the opposite of the other. Twilight occurs when the sun is just below the horizon: it is brighter than dawn and dusk, but less bright than sunlight. Jocelyn Wilson, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia We Aussies call it piccaninny dawn – when the light is just starting to steal up over the bush, but it is not yet dawn.
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