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Bright night shining clouds - 24.7.2019 at 23.45 - 25.7.2019 at 01.15 Espoo Observation number 84463

Visibility IV / V

Ulla Vornanen

Had to visit the balcony to peek at the cloud situation just before midnight. It became an outdoor trip. Admittedly, only to the nearest open place. The northeastern sky had the most spectacular night cloud formation and there they rose to a reasonably high level. In all, night clouds were visible in the area extending from west to east. Two panoramic pictures included. The pictures were taken at about one o'clock at the time, after which the show, especially in the northeastern sky, began to fade.



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  • Havainto
    • Night shining clouds
  • Cloud coverage in the sky
    • Covered 3/8 of the sky
  • Noctilucent clouds
    • Swirl info

      Swirls are curved night shining cloud forms. For example, a single night cloud belt or group of waves may be curved on a clear bend.

      The arrow indicates a slight vortex in the night cloud belt. Photo by Joni Tahkoniemi.

      Strong swirls in image taken by Veikko Mäkelä.

    • 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
    • Bright night shining clouds
Comments: 2 pcs
Eero Karvinen - 25.7.2019 at 16.13 Report this

Tutun näköiset valaisevat yöpilvet. Kivoja kuvia!

Ulla Vornanen - 25.7.2019 at 16.39 Report this

Kiitos Eero! Todellakin samaa yöpilvilauttaa olemme kuvanneet, vaikkakin noin 100 km välimatkaa noista radiomastoista päätellen. Itse en ehtinyt viime yönä maisemallisesti kivaa paikkaa hakemaan, mutta olihan tuo koilisen lautta itsessään jo komea. Toki radiomastot vielä iso plussa kuvassa!

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