The Green Flash Isn’t Just a Fictional Character

This fact comes to you just in time for St. Patrick’s Day— the phenomenon of the green flash. Not to be confused with the fictional superhero character, a green flash is a wonder in which part of the sun appears to suddenly change color for about one or two seconds....

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Michael Leopold says:

March 24, 2023 at 6:43 pm

I saw the green flash about 30 years ago. While on a fishing boat off the coast of Mexico. We were about 100 miles out .. A spectacular sight . By the time we said wow it was gone . Of course I did not have my camera ready .. Probably a once in a lifetime event .

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