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green flash

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green flash

Summary

green flash ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,168 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • green flash is a type of atmospheric optical phenomenon[2].
  • green flash's Commons category is recorded as Green flash phenomena[3].
  • green flash's color is recorded as green[4].
  • green flash's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[5].
  • green flash's different from is recorded as The Green Ray[6].

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Definition and Type

green flash is a type of atmospheric optical phenomenon[2].

Influence

Things named for green flash include Hotel Belvédère du Rayon Vert[7], a revenue house[8], in France[9], founded in 1928[10].

Why It Matters

green flash ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,168 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Entities named for it include Hotel Belvédère du Rayon Vert[7], a revenue house[8], in France[9], founded in 1928[10].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [8] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 1991852
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