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"Green flashing" in distant sun
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I’ve noticed a green flashing in some of my sunrise shots & just thought I’d share.
Hi Tranceman.
I checked it out on Wikipedia & they say the following:The green rim and flashes of a setting sunAs an astronomical object sets or rises in relation to the horizon, the light it emits travels through Earth’s atmosphere, which works as a prism separating the light into different colors. The color of the upper rim of an astronomical object could go from green to blue to violet depending on the decrease in concentration of pollutants, as they spread throughout an increasing volume of atmosphere.[5] The lower rim of an astronomical object is always red.
:)wow – I did not know that ! I guess we’re learning all the time and it was not chromatic aberration – I’ve just watched this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTvIenot5ck” onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false; and it explains it clearly. If that was my picture I would just get rid of it in camera raw thinking that is was an aberration and I would never know that such thing exists. Thanks miki g for info !
BTW what focal length is this 300? 400 ? or maybe more ?
At first I thought it was CA as well, but it was showing up in most of the long range shots & I had a feeling it might be something else.
This shot was from a 600mm + x2 extender (1200mm). The area of the horizon was approx 7 miles away. :)cool, these sun shots are powerful images. nice how they cause one to go and learn more about it
Made me think, just remembered that in one of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies there was also a green flash of the setting Sun :lol: Some sort of a ‘miracle’ in those days, apparently can be seen nowadays also!! :D
Well done for actually getting to see it in the photos. Had no idea about this either, good to learn an interesting fact. Thanks for sharing :)
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