Sunsets: Solar Pillars and Green Flash
All photos taken by and (c) Bruce G. Marcot. (Click on
images for larger versions.)
February (2017), the Oregon Coast, U.S.A. Dense, striated clouds marred
the sunset sky, until at last
the solar disk pushed its way through the atmospheric wisps ... appearing as a solar
pillar:
And minutes later, following the above scene, I caught the ever-elusive,
ever-controversial green flash edging
along the top of the solar disk:
