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Tcecarenko [31]
3 years ago
11

The setting sun is actually visible after it has dropped below the horizon due to the bending of light waves entering the atmosp

here at a non-perpendicular angle to the surface, a process known as?
Physics
2 answers:
Yuki888 [10]3 years ago
4 0
That's one result of "refraction".
mamaluj [8]3 years ago
3 0

Refraction is the process in which light  will bend away or towards the normal at the point of incidence when light comes from one optical medium to another optical medium.

During sunset, sun is still visible after it has dropped below the horizon.It is so because the light coming from sun is refracted when it passes through the atmosphere.

Our atmosphere has not a constant density.It varies depending its position from earth surface. Hence, refractive index of each layer of atmosphere varies which results in the refraction of sun light for which sun is visible though it is geometrically below the horizon.


Hence, the correct answer to the question is refraction.

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