Editing Green flash (section)

==In popular culture==

[[Jules Verne]]'s 1882 novel ''[[The Green Ray]]'' helped to popularize the green flash phenomenon.<ref>{{cite web |last= Liu|first= Jimmy|date= 22 February 2021|title= The Green Ray|url= https://www.thecolumbiasciencereview.com/blog/the-green-ray#:~:text=If%20you%20were%20to%20look,flash%20shoots%20out%20from%20the|website= thecolumbiasciencereview.com|access-date= 15 April 2025}}</ref>

In the 1984 film [[The Island Closest to Heaven]] Yuichi Fukaya took Mari, the main character to watch the sunset and told about the green flash after the sun sinks into the sea. According to him those people who saw it will be able to find what they are for looking for.
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In [[Éric Rohmer|Éric Rohmer's]] 1986 film ''[[The Green Ray (film)|The Green Ray]]'' (French: ''Le rayon vert''), the main character, Delphine, eavesdrops on a conversation about Jules Verne's novel and the significance of the green flash, eventually witnessing the phenomenon herself in the final scene.

In "Arthur's New Year's Eve" from the first season of ''[[Arthur (TV series)|Arthur]]'' in 1996, Arthur Read, having never stayed up until midnight on New Year's Eve before, talks with his friends about what happens when the New Year comes. Despite not actually having stayed up themselves, they each share their take on the matter, Prunella Deegan telling him that there is an amazing green flash at midnight, but if it doesn't happen, then it has to stay the same year for another whole year.<ref name="Arthur">{{Cite web|url=https://pbskids.org/arthur/holidays/new-year/|title=Arthur - Holiday - New Year's Eve|accessdate=October 6, 2024|publisher=[[PBS Kids]]}}</ref>

In 2002, the [[San Diego|City of San Diego]] installed an art piece titled "The Green Flash" by [[Malcolm Jones (artist)|Malcolm Jones]] next to the beach boardwalk in [[Mission Beach, San Diego|Mission Beach]]. The acrylic and concrete work also includes a plaque that describes the scientific phenomenon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publicartinpublicplaces.info/green-flash-2002-by-malcolm-jones|title=The Green Flash, Public Art in Public Places|accessdate=February 25, 2025}}</ref> 

[[Walt Disney Pictures]]' 2007 movie ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End]]'' references the green flash as a signal that a soul had returned from the dead.{{cn|date=April 2024}}

The episode ''Trials and Determinations!'' of [[Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon]] references the green flash when Ash's Rockruff evolves into Dusk Form Lycanroc after witnessing a green flash at sunset.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pokémon the Series: Sun and Moon-The Complete Collection |url=https://www.viz.com/watch/tv-series/pokemon-complete-collections-season-20-volume-20/product/5770 |website=[[Viz.com]] |access-date=March 12, 2025}}</ref>