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The Green Flash at Sunset

Nature volume 111, page 13 (1923)Cite this article

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SIR ARTHUR SCHUSTER in his review of Dr. Mulder's book on this subject states that “there seems no reason to doubt that dispersion combined with absorption of light completely accounts for the effect” (NATURE, September 16, p. 370). Yet Dr. Mulder's own view is that a complete explanation is still wanting.

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EVERSHED, J. The Green Flash at Sunset. Nature 111, 13 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111013b0

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