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This forum answer included these cool graphs and a good explanation.

https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/12824/how-long-does-a-sunrise-or-sunset-take/13053#13053

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[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And night/morning comes fast. When I've been to places near the equator, it always catches me off-guard. I'm used to daylight only beginning to dim, and thinking, "ah, I need to account for it being dark outside in a couple hours".

Not so near the equator, sunlight just turns off abruptly.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

it would be interesting to see these graphs on the same y-axis scale to show the relative time differences between latitudes.