Lieutenant Green Lieutenant Green Lieutenant Green is a fictional character in the 1960s British Supermarionation television series "Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons" and its 2000s computer-animated remake, "Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet". In both series, Green serves as the personal assistant to Spectrum commander-in-chief Colonel White, and is shown to be an expert in computer programming and electronics. In the former, he is a native of Trinidad and Tobago, and as well as being the only non-white male officer on Cloudbase, he is the only lieutenant among its personnel. In the latter, the character is re-imagined as an African-American woman. The original
Green flash by airline pilots, particularly when flying westwards as the sunset is slowed. If the atmosphere is layered the green flash may appear as a series of flashes. While observing at the Vatican Observatory in 1960, D.K.J. O'Connell produced the first color photographs of a green flash at sunset. Green flashes are enhanced by Mirage of astronomical objects mirage, which increases refraction. A green flash is more likely to be seen in stable, clear air, when more of the light from the setting sun reaches the observer without being scattered. One might expect to see a blue flash, since blue light