Okay. What is that green thing...

[Fridays Child]

...in my sunset picture?

[Fridays Child]

1. Anyone? Anyone?

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

2. Bueller? Bueller?

[Deja Q]

3. Lens flare from the camera

Reflection of the light going into the lens from an angle.

The lens also contains many glass elements, which makes the green pattern a smaller reflection of itself as it continues down

[Fridays Child]

5. Damn. I like the picture except for that.

Thanks for the information, though.

[Lady Freedom]

9. You can see if you can clean it up useing photoshop pro

If you are good enough with it. if not get a hold of a pro.

[Lady Freedom]

8. We have a winner!!

Yepper that is what it is. I have many pics like that from my first photo class from way back.

[hickman]

4. Another airplane dump.

It'll land in the hills with the rest.

[hippywife]

6. Looks like a reflection on

your lens.

[Dangerously Amused]

7. An alien head. Tilted to the left.

Screaming.

[Fridays Child]

11. That's funny because that's exactly where my mind went, too.

It reminded me of when I "photoshopped" this picture of a bubble nebula (I think that's what it was called, anyway):



Oops! Wrong alien! I meant to show you this one:

[Dangerously Amused]

12. GMTA!

Yeah, like it's a "lens flare." Riiiiight.

[Whoa_Nelly]

10. Here's the answer, and it's really very interesting

http://durhamregion.typepad.com/astronomy/2006/06/the_m...

The Mysterious Green Flash
Today, our guest John Hicks joins us to explain an interesting and unusual effect known as "The Green Flash". This unusual phenomena can be seen in the right atmospheric conditions as the sun sets.

Read more about it at the link