Re: Flash

John Berry ( antigrav@ihug.co.nz )
Sun, 28 Mar 1999 03:34:51 +1200

Oh, did I mention it was night? (1:25am) anyway I can't imagine it could have
been a flare.

Gene Marlin wrote:

> >Just a minute ago there was a bright green flash, I was outside (it's
> >night) which is why I saw it, It's cloudy so nothing else could be seen,
> >there have been a few such things described, perfectly quiet and nothing
> >like lightning really.
>
> If it were sunset and clear, it would be the rare Green Flash you saw, but
> under your conditions, it must have been a meteor or Iridium flare.
>
> Such things have hapened before, but I know of no *green* flashes, though.