Britain witnessed a peculiar phenomenon in its skies as the sun turned green.
Assistant researcher at Oregon State University, Craig Haislip, posted a picture on his Instagram account captioned, "Tonight's sunset west of Bandon, Oregon then a green flash behind a cloud at the end."
According to the British newspaper "Metro," Haislip described this strange incident he encountered, noting that he was 24 kilometers away from the sunset horizon west of Coos Bay when he managed to document the "rare visual illusion" by capturing a picture of it.
"The green flash" is an example of an optical phenomenon that occurs shortly after sunset or before sunrise, lasting no more than a couple of seconds.
The flash occurs when the Earth's atmosphere causes light to separate from the sun, so when sunlight, pure white in the form of a cone, passes through, light is refracted, creating a stunning flash visible to the human eye.
However, flashes only occur at certain temperatures when the air at higher altitudes becomes warmer, meaning that flashes are more likely to be observed over water than land.
It's worth noting that the green color results from the refraction of light in the atmosphere, making objects near the horizon appear slightly higher in the sky than they actually are.
Assistant researcher at Oregon State University, Craig Haislip, posted a picture on his Instagram account captioned, "Tonight's sunset west of Bandon, Oregon then a green flash behind a cloud at the end."
According to the British newspaper "Metro," Haislip described this strange incident he encountered, noting that he was 24 kilometers away from the sunset horizon west of Coos Bay when he managed to document the "rare visual illusion" by capturing a picture of it.
"The green flash" is an example of an optical phenomenon that occurs shortly after sunset or before sunrise, lasting no more than a couple of seconds.
The flash occurs when the Earth's atmosphere causes light to separate from the sun, so when sunlight, pure white in the form of a cone, passes through, light is refracted, creating a stunning flash visible to the human eye.
However, flashes only occur at certain temperatures when the air at higher altitudes becomes warmer, meaning that flashes are more likely to be observed over water than land.
It's worth noting that the green color results from the refraction of light in the atmosphere, making objects near the horizon appear slightly higher in the sky than they actually are.
