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NLC Crooktree 8th June 13 asd8201jhp Noctilucent clouds NLC Summer night Scotland Aberdeenshire sky blue network 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 and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network of sapphire blue or occasionally red 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 although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic North from Crooktree, near Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland. 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, landscape, NLC, north, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, sapphire, blue, cobwebs, patterns, eerie, rare, night
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
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NLC Crooktree 8th June 13 asd8201jhp
Upload Date: 2012-06-07 23:00:08
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Noctilucent clouds NLC Summer night Scotland Aberdeenshire sky blue network

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 and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network of sapphire blue or occasionally red 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 although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking magnetic North from Crooktree, near Torphins and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland. 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, landscape, NLC, north, high, atmosphere, ice, crystals, cirrus, reflections, twilight, summer, sun, sapphire, blue, cobwebs, patterns, eerie, rare, night