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Give the reason for two-minute early sunrise.

Actual sunrise occurs when sun appears at the horizon.

During sunrise even the sun is lower than the horizon, the sun rays due to atmospheric refraction reaches our eyes and we experience sunrise before two minutes.



Fig. Apparent position of sun during sunrise.


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