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Noctilucent Clouds

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NLC

Definition

Very thin clouds of water ice crystals located in the Mesosphere at a height of 75km to 85km.

Description

Noctilucent Clouds are normally only visible in twilight, when the sun is below the horizon and the surface and troposphere are in darkness. Little is known about the formation of these ice clouds so high up in the atmosphere

Noctilucent Clouds photographed at twilight by Mika Yrjölä in August 2003 in northern Sweden

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