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Sunset at De Panne, Belgium . Florian Schaaf (site) took this sequence on 31st March '03. This 'Etruscan Vase' or 'Omega' sunset ends with a 1-2s long green flash. The sunset was mainly an inferior mirage event but, as usual, nature is richer - the sun is unusually distorted and look at the two other green flashes 42 and 11s before the sun disappeared! Larger images do better justice to this fine sequence, check #1, 2, 3 All images ©2003 Florian Schaaf, shown with permission.