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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Noctilucent Clouds over Paris
APOD.NASA.gov ^
| 12 Jul, 2022
| Credit & Copyright: Bertrand Kulik
Posted on 07/12/2022 1:22:05 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: It's northern noctilucent cloud season. Composed of small ice crystals forming only during specific conditions in the upper atmosphere, noctilucent clouds may become visible at sunset during late summer when illuminated by sunlight from below. Noctilucent clouds are the highest clouds known and now established to be polar mesospheric clouds observed from the ground. Although observed with NASA's AIM satellite since 2007, much about noctilucent clouds remains unknown and so a topic of active research. The featured image shows expansive and rippled noctilucent clouds wafting over Paris, France. This year, several northern locations are already reporting especially vivid displays of noctilucent clouds.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: nasa
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07/12/2022 1:22:21 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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posted on
07/12/2022 1:22:59 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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posted on
07/12/2022 1:24:08 PM PDT
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Jim W N
(MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
To: MtnClimber
We’ll always have Paris.....................
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posted on
07/12/2022 1:24:35 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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posted on
07/12/2022 1:30:06 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: MtnClimber
Are these noctilucent clouds?
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posted on
07/12/2022 1:34:55 PM PDT
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z3n
(Kakistocracy)
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posted on
07/12/2022 1:36:23 PM PDT
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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posted on
07/12/2022 1:56:38 PM PDT
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DannyTN
To: MtnClimber
Paris is actually a dirty fairly ugly city.
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posted on
07/12/2022 1:57:37 PM PDT
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central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
To: MtnClimber; All
Pretty fancy name for, ‘can only be seen at night.’ ;)
I’ll start looking for these. In another month The Milky Way will be very visible from our front porch - I LOVE looking at that. Puts things here on Earth in perspective.
Don’t forget the Full Buck Super Moon Wednesday (tomorrow) evening. It’s going to be big tonight too, judging by last night’s Moon rise.
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07/12/2022 2:02:38 PM PDT
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Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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