My Son-in-Law pointed out this strange cloud effect one Saturday night a week or so ago. Its the white glowing right-leaning diagonal streak that looks like smoke.
They are called Noctilucent clouds.
Above is my dark paltry effort at snapping it.
They appear in summer months when the sun remains closer to the horizon after sun set. The clouds are reflections of sunlight after sunset on particles or ice and space dust entering the atmosphere. They're the highest visual atmospheric "thing" we can see.
Here's my Son-in-Law's much more proficient shot of the Noctilucent clouds.
Have you seen them or anything similar?
are we back on that transparent/translucent debate? Ha ha just so were clear (no pun intended) Nocti - night/dark Lucent - light/shine
ReplyDeleteI saw a Sun Dog the other day,but couldnt get a good pic of it with my phone. A Sun Dog is a smaller refraction of the solar disk which appears due to airborne ice crystals, usually at diametric opposites to the sun. Lovely thngs
Never heard of a Sun Dog Wote. Picture please when you see another dog.
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