Green Flash
by Jeff
Image text: The exact cause of the phenomenon is unknown, but it's thought to be linked to atmospheric refraction and you getting a really cool car.
The green flash is an atmospheric optical phenomena in which a small green spot will appear above or around the sun as it sets below the horizon. The green flash occurs because of refraction of different colors of light. Green light is higher frequency than red and orange light and so green light stays visible after the red and orange lights are blocked by the Earth. Wikipedia has a great gallery of examples of the green flash. Personally, I have been looking for the green flash my whole life and have never seen it. The name is slightly a misnomer as it is not really a flash at all, but stays for a few minutes.
The Tesla roadster is a new car from the Tesla Motors. All of the Tesla Motors cars run entirely on electricity. Check out the car here, as it is a pretty sweet little sports car. No wonder the Black Hat Character wants to smash the other character over the head with the bottle he is holding to steal the car.
July 15th, 2010
I believe it also a reference to the Tesla car being a green car since it doesn’t produce carbon emissions. Also possible reference to the Flash comic book character.
July 16th, 2010
And the green flash is also referring to the (possibly) green bottle smashing into his head.
July 16th, 2010
Agree with the green bottle theory as it could well be a beer or even wine bottle by the looks of it bottle.
July 28th, 2010
you all missed the point. the joke here is that there really is no green flash. It’s just a ploy to get him to stare at the sun so that when he smashes him with a green bottle to steal his car, he wont be paying attention. The ‘flash’ is the last thing he sees: a green bottle.
In reality though the green flash is an actual phenomenanon.
October 5th, 2010
It also occurs at sunrise.