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NLC Deeside 2 July 13 asd9623jhp Noctilucent clouds NLC Summer night Scottish sky blue panorama 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 to Torphins with street lights showing, 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. Technical details; Nikon D700 with Tokina SD Zoom 28-70mm @f4 lens with ISO set at 640 and exposure of 2.6secs taken at 00.02.36UT and the start of a display peaking at around 00.10 UT (01.10am BST). 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 Deeside 2 July 13 asd9623jhp
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Noctilucent clouds NLC Summer night Scottish sky blue panorama 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 to Torphins with street lights showing, 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. Technical details; Nikon D700 with Tokina SD Zoom 28-70mm @f4 lens with ISO set at 640 and exposure of 2.6secs taken at 00.02.36UT and the start of a display peaking at around 00.10 UT (01.10am BST).
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