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Observing
tips: Look
west 30 to 60 minutes after sunset when
the Sun has dipped 6o to 16o below the horizon.
If you see luminous blue-white tendrils spreading across the sky,
you've probably spotted a noctilucent
cloud. Although
noctilucent clouds appear most often at arctic latitudes, they have
been sighted in recent years
as far south as Colorado, Utah and Virginia. NLCs are seasonal,
appearing most often in late spring and summer. In the northern
hemisphere, the best time to look would be between mid-May and the
end of August. See also 2003,
2004, 2005,
2006, 2007,
and 2008 |
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Photographer,
Location |
Images |
Comments |
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Jens
Hackmann,
Weikersheim, southern Germany
Jun. 16, 2009 |
#1,
#2, #3,
#4, more |
Some
very intense NLCs in the night of 16th June 2009. The images
show some impressions of the display from Weikersheim, southern
Germany. |
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movies:
#1,
#2,
#3
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Robert
Wielinga,
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Jun. 16, 2009 |
#1,
#2,
#3,
more |
Last
night we witnessed fantastic Noctilucent Clouds in the Netherlands.
I seldom saw them so bright! The animated gifs were made
with a Canon Rebel XT dslr, ISO 400, 4 seconds exposure.
There was 30 seconds between the subsequent exposures. Larger
versions of the animated gifs can be found on the website.
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Harald
Edens,
Wijdenes, The Netherlands
Jun. 16, 2009 |
#1,
#2, #3,
more |
A
beautiful, extensive NLC display that reached across the
zenith around 2100 UTC. I photographed the clouds along
the Markermeer dike near Wijdenes, The Netherlands. There
was almost no wind and the lake was like a mirror. |
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Jamie
Russell,
Sandown, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Jun. 16, 2009 |
#1,
#2, #3,
#4, more |
An
amazing display of NLC's was seen from here on the Isle
of Wight which is in the southern most part of the UK. There
was a lot of Cirrus pushing in from the west below the NLC's
which started to obscure my view of them after a while.
These were taken between 11:30pm and 12:30am Please excuse
the black borders, i grabbed these pics from my website
to save time! Camera: Nikon D300 Lens: Sigma 17-70mm Exposure
time: Between 30 and 50 seconds ISO: 100 |
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Andy
Burns,
Chippenham, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Jun. 16, 2009 |
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At
11pm on the 16th June, electric blue clouds were slowly
moving eastwards above the last of the sunset colour, into
some traces of lower cirrus cloud heralding another low
pressure system moving into the UK. |
more
images: from
Robert Malmström of Rommelsbach, S. Germany; from
Maarten Bouwman of Lent, the Netherlands; from
Raymond Westheim of Oss, The Netherlands; from
Günther Strauch of Borken, NRW, Germany; from
Jeremy Housman of Ramsgate, Kent. United Kingdom; from
Edwin van Schijndel of Oss, The Netherlands; from
Wim Bergman of Stadskanaal, The Netherlands; from
Rhiannon Hope of Cookham, Berkshire, UK
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