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Doug Royer, you wrote:
"Conditions, both atmospheric and the observer's angle, have to be just
perfect at the time of setting for this event to even be witnessed. When it
does happen it is quickly over. A few seconds of time and it's gone. The
Sun's upper limb is already kissing or slightly below the horizon when this
event does happen.
I just can't imagine how it can be done as stated. There are easier ways to
accomplish the same thing."
Yeah, I agree. There's nothing navigationally significant about the green
flash, that I can think of, that would make it any different from any other
sunset. It's an attractive phenomenon regardless. By the way, I, too, have
"seen" the green flash, but like you I have to wonder whether there was some
wishful thinking involved since it was over so quickly. There's no doubt that it's
a real phenomenon --it can be photographed and video-ed-- but it's not
exactly an obvious thing.
-FER
42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
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