What is "sunset"

Sunset \Sun"set"\, Sunsetting \Sun"set`ting\, n.

1. The descent of the sun below the horizon; also, the time when the sun sets; evening. Also used figuratively.

   'T is the sunset of life gives me mystical lore.
   --Campbell.

2. Hence, the region where the sun sets; the west.

   Sunset shell (Zo["o]l.), a West Indian marine bivalve ( Tellina radiata) having a smooth shell marked with radiating bands of varied colors resembling those seen at sunset or before sunrise; -- called also rising sun.

late 14c., from sun (n.) + set (v.). Perhaps from a Middle English subjunctive such as before the sun set. Old English had sunnansetlgong "sunset," while sunset meant "west." Figurative use from c.1600. To ride off into the sunset (1963) is from the stereotypical ending of cowboy movies.

n. 1 The time of day when the sun disappears below the western horizon. 2 The changes in color of the sky at sunset. 3 (context figuratively English) The final period of the life of a person or thing. 4 (context attributively English) Having a set termination date. 5 The region where the sun sets; the west. vb. (context business politics transitive English) To phase out.

1. adj. of a declining industry or technology; "sunset industries"

2. providing for termination; "a program with a sunset provision" [syn: sunset(a)]

3. n. the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon [syn: sundown] [ant: dawn]

4. atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun

5. the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon

Sunset or sundown, is the daily disappearance of the Sun below the western horizon as a result of Earth's rotation.

The three phases of twilight after sunset:

The time of sunset is defined in astronomy as the moment when the trailing edge of the Sun's disk disappears below the horizon. Near to the horizon, atmospheric refraction causes the ray path of light from the Sun to be distorted to such an extent that geometrically the Sun's disk is already about one diameter below the horizon when sunset is observed.

Sunset is distinct from twilight, which has three phases, the first being civil twilight, which begins once the Sun has disappeared below the horizon, and continues until it descends to 6 degrees below the horizon; the second phase is nautical twilight, between 6 and 12 degrees below the horizon; and the third is astronomical twilight, which is the period when the Sun is between 12 and 18 degrees below the horizon. Dusk is at the very end of astronomical twilight, and is the darkest moment of twilight just before night. Night occurs when the Sun reaches 18 degrees below the horizon and no longer illuminates the sky,

Locations north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle experience no sunset or sunrise on at least one day of the year, when the polar day or the polar night persists continuously for 24 hours.

Sunset creates unique atmospheric conditions such as the often intense orange and red colors of the Sun and the surrounding sky.

Sunset is an EP which was released by American solo artist Pete Yorn in 2000.

Sunset is the time when the Sun disappears below the horizon in the west.

Sunset, Sunsets, The Sunset or Sun Set may also refer to:

Sunset is a 1988 American mystery action film written and directed by Blake Edwards and starring Bruce Willis as legendary Western actor Tom Mix, who teams up with legendary lawman Wyatt Earp, portrayed for the second time in a theatrical film by James Garner. Based on an unpublished novel by Rod Amateau, the plot has Mix and Earp team up to solve a murder in Hollywood in 1929.

Although Sunset had some comedic elements, it veered much more to the period mystery genre of old Hollywood. Reviewers, such as Roger Ebert, struggled trying to define the film. Ebert noted, "The strangest thing about 'Sunset' is that it's not a comedy, not exactly. It has some laughs, but it's a sort of low-key, elegiac mood film ..."

While Willis received top billing in Sunset, Garner actually has much more screen time in the film. This was the second film in which Garner played Wyatt Earp, the first being John Sturges's Hour of the Gun, released in 1967. This was director Edwards' second collaboration with Willis, whom he directed in Blind Date (1987), which had been Willis' first film; Sunset was Willis' second.

Sunset is a lifestyle magazine in the United States. Sunset focuses on homes, cooking, gardening, and travel, with a focus almost exclusively on the Western United States. The magazine is published monthly by the Sunset Publishing Corporation, part of Southern Progress Corporation, itself a subsidiary of Time Warner.

"Sunset (Bird of Prey)" is a song by the British big beat artist Fatboy Slim, released from his 2000 album Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars. The single peaked at No. 9 in the UK and No. 77 in Switzerland.

The song samples Jim Morrison's vocals from the Doors song " Bird of Prey."

The play Sunset was written by Isaac Babel in 1926, based on his short story collection The Odessa Tales.

At right is displayed the color sunset.

The color sunset is a pale tint of orange. It is a representation of the average color of clouds when the sunlight from a sunset is reflected off of them.

The first recorded use of sunset as a color name in English was in 1916.

The 'Sunset' mango is a named mango cultivar that originated in southwest Florida.

Sunset is the fifth studio album from the French power pop group Superbus.

Sunset is the eleventh episode of the HBO TV series True Blood's fifth season, while the 59th episode overall. The episode is followed by Save Yourself and is preceded by Gone, Gone, Gone. The episode has better reviews and viewers than all of the episodes of its season, except for the season premiere, Turn, Turn, Turn, which so far has the most positive reviews and viewers.

Sunset is a children's fantasy novel, the sixth and final book in Erin Hunter's Warriors: The New Prophecy series. The book begins with the group of cats known as ThunderClan rebuilding its camp with the help of its old friends Stormfur and Brook following a badger attack in Twilight. As the book progresses, BrambleClaw and Squirrelflight overcome a previous conflict and fall in love again, but Brambleclaw continues to visit the spirit of his evil father Tigerstar in his dreams. Brambleclaw manages to convince ThunderClan leader Firestar to choose a new deputy to replace the long missing Graystripe and is surprised when he is chosen. Brambleclaw's half-brother Hawkfrost attempts to kill Firestar in order that Brambleclaw might become leader of ThunderClan, but Brambleclaw saves Firestar and kills Hawkfrost, fulfilling the prophecy "Before there is peace, blood will spill blood and the lake will run red".

The book was first released on December 26, 2006, in the US as a hardcover. It then was released as a paperback, e-book, and audiobook. The book was the third in the series to be released in audiobook format. The audiobook was read by Nanette Savard, whose performance was praised by AudioFile. Sunset received mixed to positive reviews from reviewers.

Sunset, also known as the Retreat Call, is a bugle call played in United Kingdom and British Commonwealth countries to signal the end of the official military day. It uses a slightly different melody to the US Retreat bugle call. In common with all bugle calls, it consists only of notes from a single overtone series. This allows it to be playable on a bugle or equivalently on a trumpet without moving the valves.

The call is regularly heard performed in an arrangement for full military band by Captain A.C. Green (1888–1974), who was Director of the Royal Naval School of Music's Junior Wing on the Isle of Man.

The arrangement was composed aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth in response to Admiral Fisher's desire for a "spectacular show" and was first performed in 1932 by the Massed Bands and Bugles of the Mediterranean Fleet. The Sunset call is now a regular part of the Royal Marines' "Beat the Retreat" ceremony, the call's melody also gives its name to "Sunset Parades" given in commemoration of former military conflicts. It is traditional to stand for the performance of the piece.

Trumpet & Bugle Calls for the British Army marks this call for Royal Regiment of Artillery units only. The call would then be sounded on an E♭ Cavalry Trumpet.

Sunset is a former Rochester Industrial and Rapid Transit Railway station located in Brighton, New York. It was closed in 1956 along with the rest of the line.

This station was built at Sunset Drive in a cutting that had once been the bed of the Erie Canal and is now a section of the Interstate 590 highway.

Sunset is Michel Teló's third live album and features 16 songs. The single "Amiga da Minha Irmã" peaked at number 1 in Brazil. The album includes the hit songs "Maria","É Nóis Faze Parapapá","Levemente Alterado" and "Se Tudo Fosse Fácil".

The album also includes performances from other artists, such as Paula Fernandes on "Se Tudo Fosse Fácil", Bruno on "É Nóis Faze Parapapá" and Bruninho e Davi on "Levemente Alterado".

The 'Sunset' is an apple cultivar that arose as a seedling from ' Cox's Orange Pippin'. The fruit has red stripes and an orange flush over gold background. Usually, part of the apple is red while part of it is yellow. It is similar to 'Cox's Orange Pippin' and has some russetting.

The 'Pixie' apple is a distant descendant. The Uk National Fruit Collection accession number is 1979-190. Orange Pippin Cultivator ID number: 1059

Sunset is a 2015 indie first person game by Belgian studio Tale of Tales. It was released on May 21, 2015. In Sunset, Angela, an African-American housekeeper, is working for Gabriel Ortega in the fictional country of Anchuria, where she is visiting.