green flash


noun

a green coloration of the upper portion of the sun, caused by atmospheric refraction and occasionally seen as the sun rises above or sinks below the horizon.

Origin of green flash

First recorded in 1910–15

British Dictionary definitions for green flash

green flash

noun

astronomy a flash of bright green light sometimes seen as the sun passes below the horizon, caused by a combination of the dispersion, scattering, and refraction of light