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NLC Over Deeside

Noctilucent high blue waves clouds NLC Scottish East North June Torphins lights Deeside Aberdeenshire night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but are Meteor dust most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking East of North from above Crooktree with Torphins on lower right as the NLC display expanded and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, best show so far in 2021 on the 27th June. Taken at 23.38 UT using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Nikkor 24mm, f8, ISO 640 for 2.5 sec. It was a perfect night with little wind. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.

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NLC Over Deeside

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NLC Over Deeside

Noctilucent high blue waves clouds NLC Scottish East North June Torphins lights Deeside Aberdeenshire night sky rare event usually occurring between latitudes 55 and 65 degrees resembling thin cirrus but are Meteor dust most often a bluish silvery colour although orange or reddish colours from latent twilight are visible towards the horizon and are a beautiful and eerie sight, the spidery network rather like the mind filaments from Dumbledore's Pensieve in Harry Potter usually of sapphire blue, gossamer white colours from ice crystals catching the last twilight is seen around the time the brightest stars appear and their strength grows around maximum darkness, usually after midnight BST. They happen only a few times a year and need a clear cloudless night best to see them although in this photo the normal clouds are also present. This is taken looking East of North from above Crooktree with Torphins on lower right as the NLC display expanded and 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland, best show so far in 2021 on the 27th June. Taken at 23.38 UT using a D700 Nikon DSLR with a Nikkor 24mm, f8, ISO 640 for 2.5 sec. It was a perfect night with little wind. Many examples of NLC from around the world can be seen in the gallery at www.Spaceweather.com.

Image dimensions: 3970 x 2641 pixels

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