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Also known as magic hour

first and last hour of sunlight during the day

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Dülmen, Kirchspiel, Oedlerteich -- 2016 -- 1929-35.jpg
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Golden hour (photography)
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Encyclopedic overview

Comparison of daylight versus the golden hour at Newbury Racecourse

In photography, the golden hour is the period of daytime shortly after sunrise or before sunset, during which daylight is redder and softer than when the sun is higher in the sky.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “golden hour” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.