How does Minecraft render its sunset and sky?

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Published on 2012-10-16T10:36:51Z Indexed on 2012/10/16 17:21 UTC
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In Minecraft, the sunset looks really beautiful and I've always wanted to know how they do it.

Do they use several skyboxes rendered over eachother? That is, one for the sky (which can turn dark and light depending on the time of the day), one for the sun and moon, and one for the orange horizon effect?

I was hoping someone could enlighten me... I wish I could enter wireframe or something like that but as far as I know that is not possible.

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