Abyss

Green Flash

@onkin
Author
@onkin
Date
Oct 26, 2026

A schematic recreation of the green flash at sunset. As sunlight skims Earth’s atmosphere, refraction and dispersion bend each color by a slightly different amount. For a brief moment, the observer receives a narrow green component after the rest of the Sun has slipped below the horizon. The geometry is intentionally not to scale.

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