More on last night's noctilucent clouds in Seattle

Jul 02, 2011 13:23

Here's more on those noctilucent clouds I saw last night from my building in Seattle:

NLCs INVADE THE USA: Last night, a bank of rippling electric-blue noctilucent clouds spilled across the Canadian border into the lower United States. In doing so, the clouds made their farthest excursion of the year away from the Arctic, their usual environment ( Read more... )

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hannahsarah July 4 2011, 06:56:39 UTC
I saw those as I was walking home from shul last night! I was so bummed that I couldn't use my camera until after Shabbos was over. I knew it would be way after dark, and by then I couldn't get a good shot because there wouldn't be enough light. They were really amazing, though. :-D

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polaris93 July 4 2011, 16:17:56 UTC
If you go to http://spaceweather.com and pick the page for July 2, 2011 from the archives (drop-down thingee on upper right hand side of page) there are a ton of photos of them linked on that page, including some taken in Washington State. They may also have some linked on the page for July 3. Enjoy! :-)

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