Atmospheric Optics

Green Flash, at sunset or sunrise the top edge of the sun can appear bright green.

Twilight Arch, at sunset or sunrise the body of the earth casts a shadow on the air. The edge of this shadow is reddish for the same reason that sunsets are reddish.

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