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Air can refract, or bend, light. When the Sun is rising or setting, the path of the sun's rays through the air are bent downward, with the red light being bent down more than the blue light. So when you see a red sunrise or a red sunset, you're seeing the Sun down BELOW the horizon, with the red rays being bent around the Earth to your eyes, just as a prism does.

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