At dawn/dusk and at latitudes near the poles.
Look at the sun.
A rainbow occurs when sunlight is both refracted and reflected in raindrops, creating a spectrum of colors in the sky. This optical phenomenon typically appears when the sun is low in the sky and rain is falling in one part of the sky while the sun is shining in another.
When the sun (or moon) is high in the sky there are no objects of known size to compare the sun (or moon) to. But whan the sun is low in the sky you can see far off objects near the horizon that you know ar big and you imagine that the sun is even bigger (it is!) The apparent change in size is an optical illusion.
well because its big in space
This is an optical illusion called the sun illusion, where the brain perceives the sun as being larger and closer to the horizon when it is low in the sky. As the sun nears the horizon, it appears to be emerging from the ground due to the way our brain processes the visual information.
Low in the sky
Late spring, summer and early fall the sun appears high in the sky, late fall, winter and early spring, it appears to be low in the sky. this is caused by earth's tilting when orbiting around the sun and rotating on it's axis.
it will look cloudy
Look at the sun.
You look at where the sun is in the sky, E.g. if you wanted to be in the east you would look towards the sun (the sun rises in the east).
A rainbow occurs when sunlight is both refracted and reflected in raindrops, creating a spectrum of colors in the sky. This optical phenomenon typically appears when the sun is low in the sky and rain is falling in one part of the sky while the sun is shining in another.
When the sun is low in the sky, the sunlight has a greater amount of atmosphere to travel through than when the sun is high in the sky. Atmosphere has some degree of filtering effect on sunlight because longer wavelengths (the reddish ones) are more likely to bounce off of air molecules than the shorter (bluish) ones are. This phenomenon is formally known as Rayleigh scattering. Look it up on google for more information.
No, 56 degrees above the horizon isn't "low". "Low in the sky" is less than 20 degrees elevation or so.
Yes. Look at that bright yellow ball in the sky. It is the sun.
When the sun (or moon) is high in the sky there are no objects of known size to compare the sun (or moon) to. But whan the sun is low in the sky you can see far off objects near the horizon that you know ar big and you imagine that the sun is even bigger (it is!) The apparent change in size is an optical illusion.
Did they look were the sun was in the sky and have to estimate what time it was
well because its big in space