Green Flash - is it possible ?

[asset189]

Shortly after i took this snap with my phone , the sun disappeared and I think I saw the fabled green flash. Is this possible over land at a location like this? 

[Peter Drew]

It certainly is possible to sight it over land provided there is a suitable distant horizon, I have seen this phenomenon myself. More often seen out to sea for that reason. A recent photograph on the "Solarchat" forum showed it nicely.  

[acey]

Possible if you really had a clear horizon but in this case it looks like the setting sun may have been seen through distant trees in which case the "flash" could have been a final glimmer of light through foliage. If it was a green flash it would have looked distinctly green - that's how you'd know.

[popeye85]

Green flash? Tell me more.....

[asset189]

Popeye85  best to google it or even you tube. More elusive than northern lights 

 

[Dave In Vermont]

Though often thought to be visible only over the ocean, it seems it can happen other locations, too.

 

 

Good luck!

Dave

[Pete Presland]

Definitely visible over land, I saw it myself a couple of years back. It caught me by surprise,  but made smile few days 

[Paul73]

If you saw it. then it must be possible.

What caused it is open to conjecture. 

I was convinced that I had seen the Northern lights the other night when Sirius turned bright green. However. This hypothesis was fairly quickly shown to be far less likely than more mundane causes. But, I know that Sirius appeared green!

Paul