This far north the sun was still up, although very low, riding through the mountains as if looking for something it lost on the ground.

Craig Childs
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If you think that the sun has lost something in the sky, it is still very high. This implies that even though you can’t see it, it is still there and still looking for the lost object.

Source: The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters In The Wild

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