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High-Flying Ice Clouds Spotted From Space

Posted by Jason Major on
Polar mesospheric “noctilucent” clouds as seen from the space station (NASA)

Glowing high-altitude ice clouds were spotted over western Asia by the crew of the International Space Station on June 13 during one of their 16 daily orbits of the planet… the photo above shows the wispy filaments shining brightly in the mesosphere above western Iraq and Uzbekistan.

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2 Comments

  1. Jeff Barani says:
    June 27, 2012 at 4:14 am

    It’s a lovely picture.
    It reminds me a little the smoke of cigarette…
    Jeff Barani from Vence (France)

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    1. J. Major says:
      June 28, 2012 at 3:52 pm

      I thought so too. Like in an old movie theater.

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