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AJ Hidding says: What are the chances! Capturing this very rare green flash in this magnificent composition. Well done!
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Laurie Green says:
This is indeed a very rare sighting and you are privileged to witness such an occurence.
I regularly visit the APOD (Astronomy Picture Of the Day) NASA website and came across this quite recent detail about the Green Flsah phenomenon on its website:- http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120623.html
Laurie
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Sharon says:
Thanks Hakan for your response. To get this photo, I think knowledge met opportunity with a tiny bit of luck thrown in. And thanks Ian for the link. I am a little more educated today.
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IanL says:
More from Les Cowley of Atmospheric Optics about the Green Flash on link below….
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Håkan says:
It was mostly luck. I was looking at a very attractive sunset. It was absolutely clear near the horizon and the image of the sun became omega shaped when approaching the horizon, indicating inferior mirage. I realised there could be a green flash – and there was. It lasted 1-2 seconds and I got two pictures, the one on the web site and after that one fainter, which was more bluish green.
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Sharon says:
I never heard of the rare green flash. Was it just luck that you captured it? Glad you did, however it happened. Always nice to learn something new.
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bryan says:
NO WAY!!! AWESOME Hakan, AWESOME!!! I just finished reading a book by Carl Hiassen call “Flush” and he incorparated the “Rare Green Flash” into the book…..AWESOME!!!!
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4 thoughts on “Rare capture of the elusive ‘Green Flash’, seen at Westward Ho Devon UK.”
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Jason Tack says:
So this is for real! I thought it was a myth! I wonder if it’s also true that the green flash signifies a soul returning from the dead? (from the last “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie)
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Anonymous says:
I am happy to go with mine and your conclusions Steve, it is more distinct on the full size image….This really is an amazing capture as the phenomena does only last for one or two seconds and is notoriously difficult to capture on camera, well done again, and a first for CAS I believe…….Well spotted….Ian L…….P.G.E.
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Steve Cooke says:
Comment from Steve Cooke, the photographer. I have to own up to this being entirely accidental. I noticed the green flash, such as it is, only after I looked at the photos on my PC. I wasn’t sure whether it was a product of wishful thinking, a mis-converged monitor, or too much beer.
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Frank says:
Well done, a nice shot of a phenomena few people see. Saw one of the best examples I’ve seen, here in Jersey on 7 July — emerald green and held for about 1 second – unfortunately didn’t get a photo of it
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Hi Dennis
Still photography beats video hands down. Yes, trying to capture just one or so still photos is challenging but the results merit the worth of the effort.
I have seen just two of these rare events – one in the Camargue, France and the other at Tarifa, Spain.
Laurence
Lauence, that is a great video capture of a green flash event. Thank you. Those are so fleeting that from now on I should shoot video, too, instead of trying for a still photo…..
Dennis
I think you will be interested in the time lapse photo sequence, lasting for about a minute, of a Green Flash occurring circa, Golden Gate Bridge, USA.
Here it is:-
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap151202.html
The imgages come from NASA’s APOD page.
Laurence
Marvelous.
Well captured, Dennis. This is a very rare event and to capture it in a photograph is something rather special.
Well done!
Laurence
More information here http://atoptics.co.uk/atoptics/gf1.htm