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Green beam of light either shooting up or seen immediately after sundown; usually a few degrees long, lasting several seconds. Hazy air and a bright green flash acting as a light source. Sea level. The majority of flashes observed are inferior-mirage or mock-mirage effects, with the others constituting only 1% of reports.
Green flashes can be observed from any altitude (even from an aircraft). They are usually seen at an unobstructed horizon, such as over the ocean, but are possible over cloud tops and mountain tops as well. A green flash from the Moon and bright planets at the horizon, including Venus and Jupiter, can also be observed. [37] [38]
'Pon the Mystical Green Flash. Sunset sequence with two green flashes in the second and fourth frames. Green flashes might be observed from any place with a low horizon. Deserts, oceans and ice shelves are probably the best places to observe mirages and therefore green flashes. It is easier not to miss a green flash during sunset than during ...
A Fata Morgana of a container ship seen off the coast of Oceanside, California. A Fata Morgana changing the shape of a distant boat. A Fata Morgana (Italian: [ˈfaːta morˈɡaːna]) is a complex form of superior mirage visible in a narrow band right above the horizon. The term Fata Morgana is the Italian translation of "Morgan the Fairy ...
Illustration of St. Elmo's fire on a ship at sea Electrostatic discharge flashes across the windscreen of a KC-10 cockpit.. St. Elmo's fire (also called witchfire or witch's fire [1]) is a weather phenomenon in which luminous plasma is created by a corona discharge from a rod-like object such as a mast, spire, chimney, or animal horn [2] in an atmospheric electric field.
A passerby has caught the moment a meteor flew across the sky in Turkey, causing green flashes of light. Onur Kaçmaz, who was filming, was at a children’s park in the evening when the dark sky ...
Earthquake light. An earthquake light also known as earthquake lightning or earthquake flash is a luminous optical phenomenon that appears in the sky at or near areas of tectonic stress, seismic activity, or volcanic eruptions. [1] There is no broad consensus as to the causes of the phenomenon (or phenomena) involved.
She described it as a natural phenomenon and used for piloting, best seen at night. [5] The light is followed toward its origin from islands, or to reorient boat pilots at sea. Kaveia noted that te lapa is used for navigation no more than 120 miles from shore, and rarely as close as 2 miles from shore due to the island already being visible ...