This rare phenomenon is also called the green rim and it actually happens at every sunset.

The Fabled “Green Flash” at sunset or sunrise can sometimes be seen on crystal-clear days in December and January. At the instant the sun’s upper rim is last visible at sunset, and also at the instant ...

Craig Hayslip, a faculty research assistant at Oregon State University’s Marine Mammal Institute, captured the elusive “green flash” on the ocean horizon April 20, 2024, at 8:10 p.m. He photographed ...

There are very special cases, when the sky is very clear and exceptionally transparent, that a green flash can be glimpsed just as the very topmost part of the sun is rising or setting. When you ...

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Bay Area meteorologist Jan Null had been trying to see the so-called green flash for nearly 50 years, looking for a hint of emerald any time he was at a beach during sunset. But it wasn't until Null ...

For years, newcomers to San Diego have been advised to be on the lookout at sunset for the elusive burst of green that sometimes appears just as the sun dips below the ocean horizon. Jim Grant has ...

IN some localities the green flash at sunset is by no means so rare a phenomenon as might be inferred from Prof. Wood's experience on the Atlantic Ocean and from the letters of some other ...