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Comet-Neowise-over-Deeside-qax7227jhp Comet Neowise Noctilucent clouds summer northwards Scotland July Deeside Aberdeenshire night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them as was the conditions on this evening. This is taken looking magnetic 330 degrees from Crooktree Northwards with the Comet nearly centre, the Plough was off to the upper left and the NLC eastwards on the lower right and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland. Taken at 23.47UT [after midnight in BST] on 18th July 2020 using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Nikkor 50mm at f5.6, ISO 640 for 4sec. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, north, Comet, Neowise, The Plough, Ursa Major, Big, Dipper, tails, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, northern, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO 200, 640, Nikkor 24mm, f2.8, 50mm, f1.8, Tokina SD, 28-70mm, AS Nikkor, 28-300mm, lens, 2020, July, 17th, 18th, upright
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Clouds, Sunsets, Dawns and Weather
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Comet Neowise Noctilucent clouds summer northwards Scotland July Deeside Aberdeenshire

night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them as was the conditions on this evening. This is taken looking magnetic 330 degrees from Crooktree Northwards with the Comet nearly centre, the Plough was off to the upper left and the NLC eastwards on the lower right and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland. Taken at 23.47UT [after midnight in BST] on 18th July 2020 using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Nikkor 50mm at f5.6, ISO 640 for 4sec. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Noctilucent, clouds, cumulus, landscape, NLC, north, Comet, Neowise, The Plough, Ursa Major, Big, Dipper, tails, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, stars, latitude, Northern, hemisphere, silvery, blue, cobwebs, filaments, detail, structure, waves, ripple, patterns, eerie, rare, beautiful, night, mesosphere, meteorological, phenomenon, phenomena, atmospheric, upper atmosphere, night, shining, meaning, northern, sky, ultraviolet, radiation, sky, layers, Nikon, D700 FX, DSLR, digital, ISO 200, 640, Nikkor 24mm, f2.8, 50mm, f1.8, Tokina SD, 28-70mm, AS Nikkor, 28-300mm, lens, 2020, July, 17th, 18th, upright