Adrien Mauduit
- May 26, 2017
The first noctilucent clouds of the season are here!
We have been waiting a long time for their return. As planet Earth's mesosphere gets colder, the nucleation of ice particles and the right conditions are giving birth to NLC clouds, and it's happened last night for the first time! On the night of May 25th-26th, a noctilucent cloud (NLC) display was visible from Ordrup strand, Odsherred in Denmark. Mainly type I and II were visible, and they started rising from the northern horizon at about 12.50 pm UTC as a type I front, deve
Adrien Mauduit
- May 21, 2017
The never-ending twilights of May
Bright nights are a phenomenon that occurs at latitudes between 53 and 60 degrees latitude North or South, starting in late April and ending at the beginning of August. Nights are dark no longer and plunged into an ever-ending twilight, changing the face of our night sky was we know it. Find out what is happening with stunning imagery from Denmark... Danish people call it 'Lyse nætter', literally meaning 'bright nights'. This natural phenomenon occurs when the sun does not se
Adrien Mauduit
- May 5, 2017
Are you ready for '17 NLC season?
If you live between 45 and 65 degrees of latitude, your bright summer nights are not as boring as you might think. Have you heard of noctilucent clouds? Here is what they are and how to experience them in 2017! As the Earth continues its path on its elliptical orbit around the sun, high latitudes and higher mid-latitudes of the northern hemisphere are entering the midnight sun season. If you go too far up north, the sun never sets, but at lower latitude, like southern Scandin
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