The Green Flash
Photo credit: Brocken Inaglory
For hundreds of years, men of the sea, most notably pirates, have repeatedly reported a strange phenomenon that has come to be known as the green flash. It is said that when the sky and the horizon are both completely clear, a sudden flare of emerald-green light can flash across the sky as the Sun sets.
Reports of the flash go all the way back to the 1600s, with pirates being the ones who reported it most, as they would have had the longest sea voyages. While this phenomenon has a completely rational explanation, pirates claimed that anyone who saw the flash would gain the ability to read the souls of others.
I'd be interested in knowing what this rational explanation is that they mention, wouldn't you?
Coffee out on the patio before it gets too hot. Fresh peanut butter cookies await!
