Rare Green Flash From Venus Is Captured In Stunning Image
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The Sun too emits similar green flashes, especially when it rises above the horizon.
A photographer has captured a shimmering green light in the night sky above Sweden. Peter Rosen said the light was coming from Venus and he captured it on January 8 (Monday). Explaining the phenomenon, spaceweather.com said that the cold atmosphere and an unusually sharp gradient in air temperatures over Stockholm acted like a prism, splitting the light from Venus to create the green colour. The phenomenon is called a green flash and is more familiar at sea when the Sun is low on a clear, calm horizon, the outlet further said. El rayo verde desde #Venus imagen de Peter Rosén, vía https://t.co/MqQCBiLrMqpic.twitter.com/UNV44Izqum
"On Monday morning I woke up early to get a beautiful view of Venus and the Moon rising over Stockholm's skyline. Because of the extreme cold that still persists over southern Sweden, I also got an unexpected bonus in the form of a rare green flash on Venus," Mr Rosen told spaceweather.com.
This is not the first time that green flashes were observed on Venus, but Mr Rosen's video may be the best ever. "It was a magnificent sight," he said.
