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A mock mirage produced by multiple temperature inversion layers, spotted off the California coast, US.
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Fallstreak Hole over Rollingwood Mobile Home Park, United States
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Apologies for wrongly categorising as a green flash, Les Cowley of Atmopheric Optics has since informed me this is in fact a mock mirage, produced by multiple temperature inversion layers.
Hi Steven
Thanks kindly for sharing this rarity with us.
The Green Flash is certainly a rare spectacle. I have seen this only two or three times.
You, and other CAS members, may like to view the following NASA APOD website which give photos and explanations about how this phenomenon occurs.
https://apod.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search
Laurence