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Clearly visible night shining clouds - 21.7.2020 at 00.30 - 21.7.2020 at 02.00 Pori Observation number 92228

Visibility III / V


After the rain of the day, I was hoping to take a few foggy night clouds. At midnight, the northern sky was still open enough for someone to take a picture.



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  • Havainto
    • Night shining clouds
  • Cloud coverage in the sky
    • Covered 1/8 of the sky
  • Noctilucent clouds
    • Waves info

      Waves of noctilucent clouds are short, close groups of clouds.

      Wavy NLC by Jari Luomanen.

       

      NLC waves by Hannu Määttänen.

    • Band info

      Bands of noctilucent clouds are long, stripe like cloudformation.

      A single, very bright NLC band. Photo by Mikko Peussa.

       

      On the upper left corner, rising bands are clear on the image. Whereas waves of NLC cover the bottom right side of the image. Photo by Juha Tonttila.

    • Veil info

      The night cloud vail is a vague thin night shining cloud with no clear structure.

      Noctilucent cloud veil with one strong belt formation. Image by Veikko Mäkelä.

  • Brightness of the noctilucent clouds
    • Clearly visible night shining clouds
Comments: 2 pcs
Kari Rytilahti - 22.7.2020 at 20.17 Report this

Todella upeat kuvat hienosta yöpilvinäytelmästä !

Mikko Peussa - 25.7.2020 at 03.52 Report this

Hienoja kuvia yöpilvistä. Maisemat on kohdillaan, mutta myös pilvien rakenne näkyy.

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