Dim night shining clouds - 30.7.2021 at 00.45 - 30.7.2021 at 00.58 Sysmä Observation number 100076

Visibility II / V

Arja-Sisko Airila, Ursa (Etelä-Suomi)

Dim clouds illuminating the dim northern sky. The night clouds were mostly left behind the forest. I still went to take a few pictures from the driveway.

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Additional information

Havainto
- Night shining clouds
Cloud coverage in the sky
- Covered 1/8 of the sky
Noctilucent clouds
- Band
  
  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
  
  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
- Dim night shining clouds

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Canon PowerShot

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Dim night shining clouds - 30.7.2021 at 00.45 - 30.7.2021 at 00.58 Sysmä Observation number 100076