Green Flash at Sunset
Jan 3, 2014 09:06:05 #
Yep, you are right...my bad..didn't have my coffee yet..but the phenom is real..affected by absorption and scattering of different spectrum wavelengths..
Jan 3, 2014 09:09:26 #
KatieScott
Loc: santa cruz, CA
It definitely does exist - and there are photos to prove it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_flash
I have seen it but don't yet know enough about photography to capture it.
Need very crisp line on the horizon and clean air.
Looking for the green flash is a great excuse to stop and admire the setting sun. (Happens when the sun rises too, apparently)
Have fun with it!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_flash
I have seen it but don't yet know enough about photography to capture it.
Need very crisp line on the horizon and clean air.
Looking for the green flash is a great excuse to stop and admire the setting sun. (Happens when the sun rises too, apparently)
Have fun with it!
Jan 3, 2014 09:21:28 #
Ellowynne wrote:
Does the "Green Flash" really exist? We are heading out on a cruise in the Pacific. Should I spend every sunset waiting for something that does not really exist? But what an excuse to just set up the camera and feel those warm ocean breezes!
I saw it in Hawaii.
Jan 3, 2014 09:31:41 #
amehta
Loc: Boston
PilgrimHarry wrote:
Yep, you are right...my bad..didn't have my coffee yet..but the phenom is real..affected by absorption and scattering of different spectrum wavelengths..
I probably wouldn't have bothered with the correction except you were being thorough and precise. :-)
Jan 3, 2014 09:42:05 #
True story. I was on a sailing vessel in the Galapagos chatting with another member of the tour. It was about sunset and we were talking about the green flash. This guy is a sailor and was commenting that he had never seen it but that atmospheric conditions were right from what he had heard. Suddenly it happened. We looked at each other and said, "Did you see that?". It's there and gone in less than a blink.
Jan 3, 2014 10:09:11 #
Schwabo
Loc: Florida
Yes, I have seen it once while sailing the Caribbean for 4 years. But it happens really fast, if you blinked you missed it.
Jan 3, 2014 10:13:01 #
You can go here and search for Green Flash and find out what NASA has to offer. This is a great site for all knowledge on Weather.
http://www.atoptics.co.uk/
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Jan 3, 2014 10:28:35 #
It does exist - there's actually a restaurant in san diego called the green flash - I've seen it many times - the restaurant has many pictures on the walls
Jan 3, 2014 10:42:03 #
The green flash does happen, but it is rare. Spent a couple years at sea on Navy ships and have seen it a handful of times. Heard that it only occurs when there are no clouds at all between you and the horizon, not sure if that's the case though. Good luck getting that shot!
Jan 3, 2014 10:58:31 #
This Wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_flash ) says that green flash is a well known phenomenon in astronomical circles. Requires "green fringe" which is ubiquitous but not visible without instrumentation plus mirage conditions. There is more than one form depending on air density and particulates. Both a green dot and a green ray are known and more or less understood.
Successfully photographing it is another matter.
Successfully photographing it is another matter.
Jan 3, 2014 11:26:26 #
I have seen the green flash many times here in San Diego. In fact, it's so common (probably has something to do with the weather) that we actually have a restaurant named the Green Flash. It's right on the beach and a great place to watch the Green Flash while having a cold brew.
The following is my best picture, but I have some great videos.
The following is my best picture, but I have some great videos.
Jan 3, 2014 11:29:01 #
MW wrote:
This Wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_flash ) says that green flash is a well known phenomenon in astronomical circles. Requires "green fringe" which is ubiquitous but not visible without instrumentation plus mirage conditions. There is more than one form depending on air density and particulates. Both a green dot and a green ray are known and more or less understood.
Successfully photographing it is another matter.
Successfully photographing it is another matter.
I found this a good explanation. Scroll down to second topic (green flash).
Good graphics in explanation. Interesting...never heard of it before.
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/atmos/redsun.html
Jan 3, 2014 11:42:44 #
Yes, the green flash exists. I lived in Guam for a number of years and every evening as the sun set I would watch for the flash; I saw it numerous times. The month of March was best...I guess the humidity was lowest during that month. The sky has to be free of clouds...if it flashes; it is not a guess, it is a beautiful emerald green. Keep watching, you may get lucky.
Jan 3, 2014 12:38:51 #
Yes it does exist but it is quite rare. I have observed it only one time (in Sarasota FL) and I have spent a great deal of my life on the water. Good luck on your trip. We have visited the Society Islands in the South Pacific as well as much of the South China Sea and you are in for a treat!
Jan 3, 2014 14:09:09 #
It exists. I've seen half a dozen. You need a clear view of the ocean horizon. Some haze is OK but not clouds. I saw one from about 1000' elevation on Cowels Mountain here in San Diego, 2 from our hot tub in Rancho Penesquitos at about 300' elevation with a clear view to the ocean by Del Mar, and 3 or so from the beach.
The six or so is compared to looking at many hundreds of ocean sunsets so don't get your hopes up too high.
BTW, they're very hard to photograph. The two I photographed were brilliant jade green but looked yellow in the photos. They only last a fraction of a second and they occur a bit after the sun dips below the horizon.
You could spend time a lot worse than looking at beach sunsets in beautiful San Diego, green flash or not.
The six or so is compared to looking at many hundreds of ocean sunsets so don't get your hopes up too high.
BTW, they're very hard to photograph. The two I photographed were brilliant jade green but looked yellow in the photos. They only last a fraction of a second and they occur a bit after the sun dips below the horizon.
You could spend time a lot worse than looking at beach sunsets in beautiful San Diego, green flash or not.
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