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Is it possible to distinguish sunrise from sunset from an image (i.e. with no knowledge of the direction in the sky or time of day, and in a time frame with no discernible solar motion)? (continued)
Quentin Macilray
Poole, Dorset, UK
Speaking from experience in a previous incarnation on an early morning postal round, I can report that the colours of the early morning are incomparably more delicate and varied than those of the sunset. They range from grey to violet to subdued purplish to many shades of green and orangish and finally gold, and there are hundreds of gradations…
