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Night-Shining Clouds
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Night-Shining Clouds

High-altitude clouds appeared as far south as the continental United States in early June 2015.

Published Jun 19, 2015

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Clouds Light the Night
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Clouds Light the Night

As spring turns to summer in the northern hemisphere, unusual streaks of clouds form high in the atmosphere around sunset.

Published Jun 27, 2019

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Rocketing Into the Northern Lights
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Rocketing Into the Northern Lights

Researchers probed the auroral wind by shooting instruments into them in February 2013.

Published Feb 9, 2013

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Noctilucent Clouds
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Noctilucent Clouds

An astronaut on the ISS caught a glimpse of a sliver of the setting Moon and some clouds that shine at night.

Published Aug 10, 2003

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Polar Mesospheric Clouds Over Central Asia
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Polar Mesospheric Clouds Over Central Asia

Polar mesospheric clouds (also known as noctilucent, or “night-shining” clouds) are transient, upper atmospheric phenomena that are usually observed in the summer months at high latitudes (greater than 50 degrees) of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. They appear bright and cloudlike while in deep twilight. They are illuminated by sunlight when the lower layers of the atmosphere are in the darkness of Earth’s shadow.

Published Aug 4, 2008

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Early Start for Noctilucent Clouds
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Early Start for Noctilucent Clouds

In the northern hemisphere, night-shining clouds seem to be forming earlier and spreading farther each year, as they did in 2013.

Published Jun 25, 2013

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A GOLDen Look at the Ionosphere
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A GOLDen Look at the Ionosphere

Satellites are shedding new light on the invisible processes and rhythms at play at the intersection between Earth and space.

Published Dec 26, 2019

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Colorful Clouds Glow Over Virginia
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Colorful Clouds Glow Over Virginia

Artificial clouds help scientists understand the dynamics of particle motion in the ionosphere.

Published Jul 1, 2017

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Sunrise over the Aleutian Islands, with Noctilucent Clouds
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Sunrise over the Aleutian Islands, with Noctilucent Clouds

Some astronauts say these wispy, iridescent clouds are the most beautiful phenomena they see from orbit.

Published Aug 20, 2013

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Polar Mesospheric Clouds, Southern Hemisphere
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Polar Mesospheric Clouds, Southern Hemisphere

Night-shining clouds high in the atmosphere over the southern polar region appear in shades of blue and orange in this astronaut photo from January 30, 2010.

Published Feb 22, 2010

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Cloud Rosettes in the Sky
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Cloud Rosettes in the Sky

Actinoform clouds pop up off the western coast of Australia.

Published Feb 7, 2020

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Open- and Closed-Cells over the Pacific
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Open- and Closed-Cells over the Pacific

Whether a patch of clouds contains open or closed cells offers a clue about whether rain is falling below.

Published Feb 6, 2016

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Another Lively Season of Night-Shining Clouds
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Another Lively Season of Night-Shining Clouds

Extremely cold and wet conditions in the mesosphere have led to abundant noctilucent clouds.

Published Jul 9, 2020

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Polar Mesospheric Clouds
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Polar Mesospheric Clouds

In June 2007, the Space Shuttle crew visiting the International Space Station (ISS) observed spectacular polar mesospheric clouds over north-central Asia. TThe red-to-dark region at the bottom of the image is the dense part of the Earth’s atmosphere.

Published Aug 13, 2007

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Evolving Views of Clouds
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Evolving Views of Clouds

Satellite images separated by 50 years show actinoform clouds over the Pacific Ocean.

Published Jul 19, 2012

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