the light over london 2 nights ago was amazing, and after looking at
some photos i took i noticed a band of green light in the clouds - did
anyone else notice this and does anyone know what could have caused it?

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the light over london 2 nights ago was amazing, and after looking at
some photos i took i noticed a band of green light in the clouds - did
anyone else notice this and does anyone know what could have caused it?


Alcohol?

Joe

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wrote:
the light over london 2 nights ago was amazing, and after looking at
some photos i took i noticed a band of green light in the clouds - did
anyone else notice this and does anyone know what could have caused it?


Alcohol?

The sunset with clear sky to the west if the remains of the cloud?
Brown-purple velvet texture, clouds in relief? My son took pootographs -
yet to look at them.

--
Peter Thomas
SW Surrey

pretty clear in the west, cloudy to the east, and from where i was in
west london i could see very purple sky to the north as you mentioned
but to the south-east there was an amazing band of cloud above the
horizon that was fiery yellow. above this, for a very brief period,
was a very narrow band of cloud of a green hue which i've never seen
before. i've seen references on the web to the 'green flash' but that
seems to be in clear skies at the moment of sunset - this was nothing
like that.

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pretty clear in the west, cloudy to the east, and from where i was in
west london i could see very purple sky to the north as you mentioned
but to the south-east there was an amazing band of cloud above the
horizon that was fiery yellow. above this, for a very brief period,
was a very narrow band of cloud of a green hue which i've never seen
before. i've seen references on the web to the 'green flash' but that
seems to be in clear skies at the moment of sunset - this was nothing
like that.

Probably an iridescent cloud - the angle between it and the sun would be
a telltale indicator. Have a look at Les Cowley's website.

http://www.sundog.clara.co.uk/atoptics/phenom.htm

It isn't the right time of year for rare nacreous clouds, but you can
get other more common types that show iridisation most commonly green or
pink (sometimes banded if you are lucky). If you post the picture it
would be easier. Worth bracketting exposures to capture clour colours.

Regards,
Martin Brown

I didn't see the phenomenon, but it would not have been the "Green
Flash".

The Green Flash is an effect sometimes seen when looking at the sun
itself as it sets (or rises) and not when looking away from the sun.
Seldom seen from the ground in Britain but often seen in other places
(eg Antarctic) and indeed not infrequently when flying (I was lucky
enough to see many green flashes during my flying career)

Jack

Could it have been pollution? Green coloured gas produced when pollutants
react with other gases in the high atmosphere.
Just a guess really?

Mike
www.dudleyweather.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk


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I didn't see the phenomenon, but it would not have been the "Green
Flash".

The Green Flash is an effect sometimes seen when looking at the sun
itself as it sets (or rises) and not when looking away from the sun.
Seldom seen from the ground in Britain but often seen in other places
(eg Antarctic) and indeed not infrequently when flying (I was lucky
enough to see many green flashes during my flying career)

Jack

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the light over london 2 nights ago was amazing, and after looking at
some photos i took i noticed a band of green light in the clouds - did
anyone else notice this and does anyone know what could have caused it?


Yes, there was a greenlight in the sky on Wednesday night/evening. I noticed
it around 8:30 ish pm as the last of the clouds moved through. Looking at
some of the responses to your initial post I felt politically obliged to
scour away the **** that spewed forth as a resulty of your first mention .
Oi Vey