Tag Archives: green flash

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This photo from Allan Hogle made me laugh. The sun is setting while he is waiting to get through the construction project on Highway One. All of a sudden the two lights turn green at the moment the sun is setting...a unique, double green flash!

Here's a photo of a more traditional green flash taken a while ago by Allen Vinson.

Thanks to Allan and Allen for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

It's quite overcast today and oddly warm - temps in the low 70's. Rain is in our forecast for the weekend. More Boletus edulis have been found and the first Chanterelles too. Hooray!

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To see a green flash is said to bring you good luck. May seeing Shari Goforth-Eby's photo of a recent green flash do just that!

A basket full of of wonderfully edible Golden Chanterelles, as found and photographed by Alex Kun, is the perfect addition to a holiday meal.

And while we've had sunny, dry weather for some days now, we long for more rain. Here's rain showers over the Pacific Ocean as photographed by Grace O'Malley.

You can see we do have much to be thankful for!

Thanks to Shari, Alex and Grace for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

Sunny and mild today!

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Autumn is a good time to hopefully see a green flash at sunset. Last week Anne Mary Schaefer photographed one.

Yes, I'm jealous, as I've never managed to photograph a green flash, though I've seen many of them. Congrats to Anne Mary for a nice capture!

Thanks to Anne Mary for allowing me to share her photo with you here. Anne Mary is a professional photographer, specializing in pet photography. Here is the link to her website: https://www.pawpawrazzipetphotography.com/ I can personally attest to her great talent, as she has photographed my husband, Rick, and me with our first two rescue golden retrievers.

Today is a warm, dry day, though there is fog hovering over the ocean. We've had quite a long string of dry weather after the abundance of early rain. It's time to turn the rain spigot on again!

 

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We've had several small storms that brought enough moisture for the first King Boletes to appear. Amy Ruegg found what might have been the very first one.

Several others have found porcini too. And CeCe Case found a Chanterelle. They are being found in moist areas. The spots I find them have not seen any appear...yet!

Thanks to Amy for allowing me to share her photo with  you here. It's always a good time of year when the first edible mushrooms appear.

A smattering of rain was heard last night while I, and others, celebrated the SF Giants baseball win. Today is beautiful, sunny and breezy. The horizon is clear so if you are on the coast, look for a possible green flash at sunset. Below is a photo taken by Peter Cracknell of a green flash. It only lasts for a second, so don't blink!

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Last month Michael Reinhart noticed conditions were setting up nicely for a possible green flash at sunset. Here is the sun setting.

No clouds on the horizon can indicate the possibility of a green flash. Mike was ready with his camera. As the sun was disappearing, the beginning of a green flash appeared.

Sure enough, a green flash!

And here the green intensifies before it is over...in a flash.

Green flashes are photographable optical illusions. Light from the sunset is refracted, giving us this phenomenon. They are said to be good luck. Last night there was one of the most beautiful green flashes I have ever seen. There were clouds framing it, but the horizon was obviously clear.

Thanks to Michael for allowing me to share his photos with you here.

We had a little rainstorm move through late this morning, but sunshine has returned this afternoon. We've had a lot of the wet stuff, so we can enjoy the dry weather forecast for the rest of the week, including the weekend.