A signal flare is a brightly burning light that is shot into the sky to attract attention and communicate an urgent message or signal for help.
Sentences with «signal flare»
On the North Fork and Shelter Island, we don't have to wait for truly warm weather or notice the yellow signal flare of forsythia to tell us winter is a memory. (suffolktimes.timesreview.com)
Finished in Signal Flare Red exterior with Black Pony interior. (barrett-jackson.com)
«The idea is that the runaway stars act as signal flares, showing the position of the spiral arm, the same way someone lost in the middle of a dense forest could fire one to the sky to show his or her location to an outsider,» says Silva. (newscientist.com)