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(Road Runner @ Jun. 04 2008,05:29) Now can you expain to me why in conditions of exceptional visibility why the sun will turn green for the last 1 or 2 seconds before it sets?
The phenomena known as the green flash.
I would love to hear from anyone who has witnessed this alleged phenomenon.
It is a fraud that is an in-joke amongst sailors who capture the attention of their sailing guests every sunset by encouraging them all to stare at the setting sun "& wait for the green flash".
I have been twilight sailing on a mates yacht for over 35 years & over 100's of perfect sunsets, no-one has ever seen it.
Notice the Wikipedia site has "mock pictures" of the green flash.
It is total bullshit & I challenge anyone to prove that it occurs.
[A few years ago, we threatened to keelhaul him if he didn't tell us the truth. He knows of no-one who has seen it for real.]
Despite the high cost of living, it continues to be popular.
At the risk of being acused of one-upmanship yes I have seen it.
I too thought it was a hoax for many years. Especially as I had many people say before that it was a good night to see one - and then nothing!
But one sunset I was watch on my own and just as the sun was about to disappear - yes it did turn green.
If you go to the wikipedia link green flash and look at the first picture.
That is pretty much what I saw - though the camera has made the sky look much more red and the green was more like what is depicted in the second picture.
RR.
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