Noctilucent clouds, silvery blue wisps that float high in our atmosphere, are a rare phenomenon – but rising greenhouse gas emissions mean we are seeing more and more of them Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24732911-200-ghostly-clouds-are-appearing-more-often-due-to-climate-change/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Tag: noctilucent clouds
The secrets of night-shining clouds
Noctilucent cloud season has returned to Earth’s high latitudes. These “night-shining” clouds are beautiful … photos here. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/night-shining-clouds-noctilucent-clouds-how-they-form-how-to-see-them…
AIM spots season’s 1st Arctic noctilucent clouds
NASA’s AIM spacecraft spotted wisps of the 2020 season’s 1st noctilucent, or night-shining, clouds over the Arctic on May 17. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/aim-spots-2020-season-1st-arctic-noctilucent-clouds…
Top 9 EarthSky images of 2019
Wow! This was a tough choice. Thank you to all who submitted photos in 2019! Here are a few of our favorites. Source: https://earthsky.org/todays-image/favorite-earthsky-images-photos-2019…