Has anyone been out observing these lately?
For anyone that doesn't know these are high altitude clouds (83km) that only appear in the night sky during the summer months (northern hemisphere) at latitudes 50degrees +.
They are lit up by the sun which is just below the horizon and are amazing to see and watch.
More info can be found here: http://ed-co.net/nlcnet/
These two photos were taken at the beginning of June at around 1am. It's amazing how bright it is up here at that time of night. Hopefully I will get to see more before the season is out.
I have yet to do a timelapse of these clouds, but there are plenty of videos on youtube.
Noctliucent Clouds 3rd June 2015 - Wide by Andy McDonald, on Flickr
201506 - 1-2 - 0112hrs NLC Clouds - PanoCrop by Andy McDonald, on Flickr
For anyone that doesn't know these are high altitude clouds (83km) that only appear in the night sky during the summer months (northern hemisphere) at latitudes 50degrees +.
They are lit up by the sun which is just below the horizon and are amazing to see and watch.
More info can be found here: http://ed-co.net/nlcnet/
These two photos were taken at the beginning of June at around 1am. It's amazing how bright it is up here at that time of night. Hopefully I will get to see more before the season is out.
I have yet to do a timelapse of these clouds, but there are plenty of videos on youtube.
Noctliucent Clouds 3rd June 2015 - Wide by Andy McDonald, on Flickr
201506 - 1-2 - 0112hrs NLC Clouds - PanoCrop by Andy McDonald, on Flickr
