The Sun flashed green

The Sun flashed green for a few seconds over the Libyan coast in Tripoli.
Sunset on Sunday, May 24, 2026
A green flash is an example of an optical phenomenon that sometimes occurs near sunset or sunrise and lasts for no more than two seconds.
What is a green flash?
The flash occurs when Earth's atmosphere causes sunlight to be refracted or refracted.
When sunlight, which appears pure white, passes through a prism, it is refracted, creating a spectacular flash visible to the naked eye.
However, flashes only occur at certain temperatures when the air at high altitudes is warmer, meaning that the flash is more likely to be observed over water than land.
The green color is produced by the refraction of light in the atmosphere, which makes objects near the horizon appear slightly higher in the sky than they actually are.
Refraction is stronger for blue and green light than for yellow and red light, resulting in a bluish or greenish tint on the upper side of the sun.

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