Image Noctilucent Clouds TO3988177JHP by Jim Henderson

 
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Noctilucent Clouds TO3988177JHP Noctilucent Clouds NLC Gorse Stone Foreground Scotland Photograph Blue Night Sky rare summer events usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours can occasionally be seen. Beautiful and eerie, the spidery network of 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 a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, landscape, Noctilucent, clouds, NLC, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, sapphire, blue, cobwebs, patterns, eerie, gorse, boulder, flash
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Clouds, Sunsets, Dawns and Weather
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Noctilucent Clouds TO3988177JHP
Upload Date: 2006-06-14 23:03:04
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Noctilucent Clouds NLC Gorse Stone Foreground Scotland Photograph Blue Night

Sky rare summer events usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours can occasionally be seen. Beautiful and eerie, the spidery network of 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 a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, landscape, Noctilucent, clouds, NLC, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, sapphire, blue, cobwebs, patterns, eerie, gorse, boulder, flash