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title: "5 Facts You Didn't Know About Sunsets"  
description: "Sunset, also known as sundown, is the daily disappearance of the Sun below the horizon due to Earth's rotation. Here's some chilling facts about the sunset"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-11-04  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1491/5-facts-you-didn-t-know-about-sunsets  
category: "nature"  
tags: ["Sunset", "Facts", "sunset fact", "nature", "sunset Facts"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# 5 Facts You Didn't Know About Sunsets

![5 Facts You Didn t Know About Sunsets](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/fa460de3-9274-4c80-bd05-5a2cb8dff8ff/images/fecb1ea2-16a0-472e-a0f5-670f0e2f0581.jpeg) ![5 Facts You Didn t Know About Sunsets](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/fa460de3-9274-4c80-bd05-5a2cb8dff8ff/images/24406478-69bf-43c4-93c7-5009ea281e7f.jpeg) 1. Sunsets happen because of the Earth's atmosphere ![5 Facts You Didn t Know About Sunsets](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/fa460de3-9274-4c80-bd05-5a2cb8dff8ff/images/be12cef0-1052-4eae-8b0d-a1e125332166.jpeg) 2. The sun starts to lose color as it sets ![5 Facts You Didn t Know About Sunsets](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/fa460de3-9274-4c80-bd05-5a2cb8dff8ff/images/a72c28b7-45b9-4073-bd62-745baa331802.jpeg) 3. By the time you see the sun set, it's actually gone ![5 Facts You Didn t Know About Sunsets](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/fa460de3-9274-4c80-bd05-5a2cb8dff8ff/images/461fd132-7897-4712-8371-2e8d8771253a.jpeg) 4. 'Red sky at night, shepherd's delight; red sky in morning, shepherd's take warning.' This quote is actually true. ![5 Facts You Didn t Know About Sunsets](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/fa460de3-9274-4c80-bd05-5a2cb8dff8ff/images/870ce421-db07-4e18-898b-d951a024bd7b.jpeg) 5. Pollution causes those prettier sunsets

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