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The rare green flash that can follow a sunset

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Right at the exact second the sun disappears behind a perfectly flat horizon, the atmosphere acts like a massive optical prism. For a fleeting fraction of a second, the aggressively bent green wavelengths separate completely from the reds and yellows, creating a highly vivid, incredibly rare green flash that makes you question your own sanity.

The rare green flash that can follow a sunset
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