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Moon Green Flash
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Rare Moon Green Flash Captured

On Cerro Paranal, the 2600-metre-high mountain in Chile's Atacama Desert that is home to ESO's Very Large Telescope, the atmospheric conditions are so exceptional that fleeting events such as the green flash of the setting Sun are seen relatively frequently. Now, however, ESO Photo Ambassador Gerhard Hüdepohl has captured an even rarer sight: a green flash from the Moon, instead of the Sun. The photographs are very probably the best ever taken of the Moon's green flash.
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