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IN some localities the green flash at sunset is by no means so rare a phenomenon as might be inferred from Prof. Wood's experience on the Atlantic Ocean and from the letters of some other correspondents of NATURE. Here in Southern California in the last two years, I have seen the flash many times as the sun has set over the Pacific Ocean, or over the Santa Monica Mountains a few miles west of our residence. On one occasion Mrs. Barnett and I both saw the flash as the sun sank behind a dense cloud; and at least once I have seen the colour of the flash change distinctly from green to blue or blue-green before disappearance.
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BARNETT, S. The Green Flash. Nature 122, 171 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/122171c0
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