Noctilucent Clouds from North Norfolk

[Cjg]

Taken at around 02:00hrs on Saturday morning.

Looked much more majestic in real life,  a faint display from around 23:00hrs until midnight, but picked up from around 01:30 onwards...I packed up to the sounds of the dawn chorus.

From Cley Marches, with a 28mm lens digitally zoomed to 35mm.

Chris

[Kyle Allen]

Wow! Nice image. I’ve not seen them before. Are they are rare occurrence?

[Cjg]

Thank you. Not rare, but only visible from around late May until early July’ish in the Northern hemisphere.  They are formed in the mesosphere, so the highest clouds at approximately 80kms up. Formed by very small ice crystals and some believe meteorite dust. Think still much to learn about them, they are captivating to see and observe.

[Cjg]

2 hours ago, KevS said:

Very nice and Cley Mill. 👍

Thank you, yes, there’s a very convenient space to park there too, so an easier location than some to film from. Hearing the waders at sunrise and owls in the adjoining woods was special. 

[Corncrake]

2 hours ago, Kyle Allen said:

 rare occurrence?

becoming quite common, or at least not so rare as they once were. The big puzzle is why they were not noticed historically. Have not got the stuff I was reading to hand at the mo. but something like mid 1800s ? Some were noted after the Krakatoa erruption 1883, recently though a couple of prior reports from a wx watcher in Ireland have been found that seem possible candidates, before then no mentions of them, very odd and leading to many conspiracy theories !

Edited June 25, 2020 by Corncrake

[Pete Presland]

A beautifully peaceful scene!

[Craney]

Is the Comet in there as well ??

On Friday night had the doubly rare occurence of the NLC's blocking Neowise.     Like trying to photograph the Loch Ness Monster and a Unicorn gets in the way !!!

[Cjg]

On 12/07/2020 at 20:23, Craney said:

Is the Comet in there as well ??

On Friday night had the doubly rare occurence of the NLC's blocking Neowise.     Like trying to photograph the Loch Ness Monster and a Unicorn gets in the way !!!

No, this was before the comet was in our skies...I had planned to return to photograph Neowise from here, but the forecast is rubbish for the next week or so...

[Cjg]

On 12/07/2020 at 20:16, Pete Presland said:

A beautifully peaceful scene!

Thank you!

Just owls and the distant sounds of the waves on the shingle...lovely!