r/BeAmazed 1d ago

Nature Rare devil sunrise appears in multiple countries across earth

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u/The_Bacon_Strip_ 1d ago

This is probably how the ancient Egyptians came up with Ra sailing a boat through the sky

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u/AllHailTheWinslow 23h ago

Combined with the river of the Milky Way at night. Imagine what it would have looked like without all that light pollution.

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u/Mushbox 12h ago

Where exactly do you see a sunrise at night?

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u/GlitteryOndo 10h ago

In the Arctic Circle or Antarctica, probably. Ancient Egyptians come from the North Pole confirmed??

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u/AllHailTheWinslow 47m ago edited 42m ago

Sun sets. Sinks below the horizon. It gets dark. Milky Way appears brightly (back then) in the sky, from horizon to horizon, seemingly like a river.

It gets bright again, daylight. The sun comes back up from below the horizon, seemingly close to where you could see the Milky Way during the night.

"Ah, this is where Ra's boat travels, only during the day it's too bright for us to see."

(Egypt, ca 7000 BC, colourised)

u/Mushbox 7m ago

Yeah I love the enthusiasm, but the reason we don't see the milky way with the sun is because of the sun, nothing to do with light pollution 😂