green flash
noun
: a momentary green appearance of the uppermost part of the sun's disk at sunrise or sunset that results from atmospheric refraction
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web When the power was switched on, the robot sparked to life with an uncharacteristic bright green flash accompanied by wisps of smoke. 
Sumeet Kulkarni, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2022 Hummingbirds zip past, like the green flash of sunset. Christopher Baker, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2022 But as with many of his images, the beauty is laced with an acid tinge — a green flash before a cataclysmic boom. Jamie Lauren Keiles Ismail Muhammad Kim Tingley Benoit Denizet-lewis Sam Anderson Jazmine Hughes Irina Aleksander Sasha Weiss Rowan Ricardo Phillips Stella Bugbee Michael Paterniti Maggie Jones Robert Draper Rob Hoerburger Jason Zengerle Reginald Dwayne Betts Jane Hu David Marchese Hanif Abdurraqib Jenna Wortham Anthony Giardina Niela Orr Amy X. Wang, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2021 Noe Valley that cause people to report a loud bang and a green flash Wednesday night. Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Oct. 2021 Moore’s favorite jig pattern is a black caribou jig with a chartreuse lead-head, and a little bit of a green flash tied with the black caribou skirt. D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2020 Draped in Gucci from her facemask to the emerald-green Flash Trek sneakers, the decision paid off as the teen megastar swept the Big Four categories. Michael Saponara, Billboard, 31 Jan. 2020 The menu items include things like burger in bowl, and the drinks, while resort-pricey, have fun with it, like the Green Flash, dedicated to the elusive green flash of light some see when the sun dips below the horizon at sunset. Richard Tribou, OrlandoSentinel.com, 1 May 2018 Elsewhere in firefly pageantry, Photuris pennsylvanica can be recognized across the Mid-Atlantic states from its quick, yellow-green flash followed by a longer pulse that lasts one to three seconds. Jason Bittel, Smithsonian, 3 July 2017 See More
Sumeet Kulkarni, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2022 Hummingbirds zip past, like the green flash of sunset. Christopher Baker, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2022 But as with many of his images, the beauty is laced with an acid tinge — a green flash before a cataclysmic boom. Jamie Lauren Keiles Ismail Muhammad Kim Tingley Benoit Denizet-lewis Sam Anderson Jazmine Hughes Irina Aleksander Sasha Weiss Rowan Ricardo Phillips Stella Bugbee Michael Paterniti Maggie Jones Robert Draper Rob Hoerburger Jason Zengerle Reginald Dwayne Betts Jane Hu David Marchese Hanif Abdurraqib Jenna Wortham Anthony Giardina Niela Orr Amy X. Wang, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2021 Noe Valley that cause people to report a loud bang and a green flash Wednesday night. Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Oct. 2021 Moore’s favorite jig pattern is a black caribou jig with a chartreuse lead-head, and a little bit of a green flash tied with the black caribou skirt. D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2020 Draped in Gucci from her facemask to the emerald-green Flash Trek sneakers, the decision paid off as the teen megastar swept the Big Four categories. Michael Saponara, Billboard, 31 Jan. 2020 The menu items include things like burger in bowl, and the drinks, while resort-pricey, have fun with it, like the Green Flash, dedicated to the elusive green flash of light some see when the sun dips below the horizon at sunset. Richard Tribou, OrlandoSentinel.com, 1 May 2018 Elsewhere in firefly pageantry, Photuris pennsylvanica can be recognized across the Mid-Atlantic states from its quick, yellow-green flash followed by a longer pulse that lasts one to three seconds. Jason Bittel, Smithsonian, 3 July 2017 See More Word History
First Known Use
1887, in the meaning defined above