once i read about this atmospheric phenomenon called the green flash. ive looked for it at the beach every summer since i first heard of it. for scientific reasons i dont understand at the precise instant the sun breaks over the horizon theres supposed to be a momentary flash of green that streaks into the morning sky. it lasts a split second ive read. blink and youve missed it. avert your eyes and its gone. and try as i might i have never seen it. but this is the reason i sleep facing the east at the beach. i am ever hopeful that one morning ill wake to see the flash over the ocean.
26 July 2007
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once i read about this atmospheric phenomenon called the green flash. ive looked for it at the beach every summer since i first heard of it. for scientific reasons i dont understand at the precise instant the sun breaks over the horizon theres supposed to be a momentary flash of green that streaks into the morning sky. it lasts a split second ive read. blink and youve missed it. avert your eyes and its gone. and try as i might i have never seen it. but this is the reason i sleep facing the east at the beach. i am ever hopeful that one morning ill wake to see the flash over the ocean.
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i'm so jealous.
cb
i've always looked for the green flash at sunset but i've never managed to see it. not even when i was on a ship. jg
i was reading about the green flash online the other day. i didnt realize til then that it could be seen (ha!) at sunset too. the article also said its visible at higher elevations - that the horizon doesnt have to be straight. so you know what that means, right? ill be looking for it all year now. yikes.
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