People aren’t seeing things, the Sun really is turning green
A natural phenomenon, the setting sun casts a green light as it dips below the horizon. (Picture: Getty)The sun appeared green – well, momentarily. Across the horizon, a sudden green flash appeared in the sky in Oregon as the sun set over the ocean. The moment was captured by Craig Hayslip, a faculty research assistant at Oregon State University, on April 20, just 15 miles west of Coos Bay.On Instagram, he wrote: ‘Tonight’s sunset we