Lovely Noctilucent clouds. Disappeared within 15 mins of photo being taken. Moon visible in upper RH corner. 0447 PDT of 7-15-09. Used Canon 1Ds w/ 24-70L lens, f/8, 5 sec exposure ISO 400.

Sultry, summer night with NLC. Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-70, F/4,5, ISO 400.

Noctilucent clouds over Wyoming on 7-15-2009 at 4:50 am. Very Bright and quite extensive with the planet Venus shining bright for a scale. The clouds disappeared about a half hour before local sunrise which is just after 6am. ISO 200 @ f3.5 for .8 sec with a Nikon D70

For the French national Day, 14 Juillet, very bright noctiluvent clouds over Normandy 2 sec exposure with Nikon D70 and 24/120 zoom lense

A trip to a northern location like Dubna does have other advantages besides the science facilities here - impressive noctilucent displays. Here, at 56 N there is no night and the NLC display lasts all night long. The photograph was made near midnight.

Very bright noctilucent clouds over Vilnius, photographed with Canon 450D, from the rooftops looking north. You can see Vilnius TV tower. This is a panoramic view of 5 photos, each exposure of 8 seconds, f5,6, 24mm, iso 100.

This was the most impressive display of noctilucent clouds I have seen to date. These were visible during the Bastille Day fireworks in Paris. Taken with a handheld Canon EOS 300D.

At last a clear night and NLCs! The NLCs were very fast moving this time. I have noticed that the direction of the NLCs I have observed have been the same - namely from the north east. I will continue to note the direction. Nikon D700, 70mm @ 00:39, 01:23 and 02:06 local time.