Posted on 06/19/2021 4:09:20 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Nights grow shorter and days grow longer as the summer solstice approaches in the north. Usually seen at high latitudes in summer months, noctilucent or night shining clouds begin to make their appearance. Drifting near the edge of space about 80 kilometers above the Earth's surface, these icy clouds were still reflecting the sunlight on June 14. Though the Sun was below the horizon as seen north of Forrest, Manitoba, Canada, they were caught in a single exposure of a near midnight twilight sky. Multiple exposures of the foreground track the lower altitude flash of fireflies, another fleeting apparition shining in the summer night.
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Forrest isn’t that far North. About the same latitude as Winnipeg.
Just beautiful. This image reminds me of when my dad used to take us kids fishing at one end of a local lake. It didn’t look too totally different from this scene.
There’s some moose’s playing water polo!
Noctilucent clouds...
This is a common sight North of 50*. Many summer nights out at the cabin, or at the farm I remember seeing this sort of thing.
Beautiful.
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