Green flashes are photographable mirages. While you can see one at sunrise, I'm told, here on the Mendonoma coast most of us watch for a green flash as sunset. Over the years, coast photographers have captured green flashes. I thought I'd share some with you today.
Here is a photo taken by Don Spear. The green flash only lasts for a brief moment. If you blink, you will miss it!
Jim Grant's photo shows a double green flash. When I look at Jim's photo in full screen, I can see he also captured a green flash morphing into a blue flash, which you will see in Allen's photo below.
And here Rich Kuehn has photographed the classic green flash just beginning. The setting sun appears to narrow, becoming hour-glass shaped. What happens next is the top part appears to pinch off and it becomes a vibrant green flash.
On very rare occasions you might see a green flash morph into a blue flash, as photographed by Allen Vinson.
And the rarest of all was photographed by Ron LeValley - a green flash, no, a blue flash, no a violet flash!
Thanks to Don, Jim, Rich, Allen and Ron for allowing me to share their photos with you here. If you are interesting in purchasing Ron's photo, as Rick and I did, you can find it on Ron's website at this link: