亚洲网紅露点

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green flash

noun

  1. 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.


green flash

noun

  1. 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
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of green flash1

First recorded in 1910鈥15
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Another, Marco, said he experience a light green flash.

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As Flabby Tabby sat there, chewing his final treat with a stupid expression on his face, I pressed the button, closed my eyes against the green flash, and...

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And then, in the background, I saw the green flash.

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I鈥檇 just picked up the latest Americaman comic to read for the millionth time when it happened鈥攁 bright green flash lighting up the sky outside the window.

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It was the green flash that woke me.

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