Florida Sunset

[Bob Ayers]

Just before sunset......

 

[97ranger4x4]

Hey that is a nice looking photo. Where in FL is that. I have vistited FL a few times and they do have great sunsets. I also like watching the sunset in Santa Cruz, CA on a perfect day over the ocean though. Makes for great long walks on the beach!

 

[Bob Ayers]

Hey that is a nice looking photo. Where in FL is that. I have vistited FL a few times and they do have great sunsets. I also like watching the sunset in Santa Cruz, CA on a perfect day over the ocean though. Makes for great long walks on the beach!

Thanks for your post!

We are visiting relatives in Bradenton.

 

[MAKG]

Santa Cruz is south facing and isn't the best place for beach sunsets. 10 miles west in Davenport is much better. On a very clear day, you can see the green flash. Generally never in summer (there is always fog at least offshore and probably over the beach), but sometimes this time of year, especially with the clear & cold weather we've been having. And bring binoculars 'cause that's a good place to go whale spotting (best is spring/fall for the grays, but the humpbacks are around in winter). A few miles further north and you can play with the elephant seals.

 

[94STXRanger]

The green flash?

 

[odie1969]

The green flash?

dude didn't you watch piartes of the caribean 3 it all there just rent the movie.

 

[94STXRanger]

haha yeah thats what i was thinking of.

 

[Southern3.0]

Thanks for your post!

We are visiting relatives in Bradenton.

Bradenton? I'm only 80 Mi north from there. From the pics your taking seems like your enjoying FL. Sucks it been cold for the past few days though.


Nice pic.

 

[MAKG]

dude didn't you watch piartes of the caribean 3 it all there just rent the movie.

The movie is BS.

There really is a green flash; I've seen it.

The last instant the sun goes below a very distant horizon appears distinctly green. It's due to chromatic refraction within quite a lot of atmosphere. Green is bent less than yellow/orange, so there is an instant where yellow/orange is invisible, but green isn't. There is also blue and violet, but the eye isn't nearly as good at picking those colors out, so it appears green.

There is presumably a similar effect right at sunrise, but it's hard to know exactly where and when to look.

It's next to impossible for east coasters to see the effect, except perhaps from southwest Florida. You need a very distant, unobstructed western horizon. Even distant trees can spoil it. A calm ocean is just about the only way.

 

[odie1969]

The movie is BS.

There really is a green flash; I've seen it.

The last instant the sun goes below a very distant horizon appears distinctly green. It's due to chromatic refraction within quite a lot of atmosphere. Green is bent less than yellow/orange, so there is an instant where yellow/orange is invisible, but green isn't. There is also blue and violet, but the eye isn't nearly as good at picking those colors out, so it appears green.

There is presumably a similar effect right at sunrise, but it's hard to know exactly where and when to look.

It's next to impossible for east coasters to see the effect, except perhaps from southwest Florida. You need a very distant, unobstructed western horizon. Even distant trees can spoil it. A calm ocean is just about the only way.

wow thanks I thought it was something the disney made up for the plot.

 

[Sunk]

That's a sweet a shot with the light coming through the clouds like that. And yeah the green is flash is pretty cool, I've seen it once or twice.