Tuesday, June 16, 2009

NASA Satellite Captures First View of 'Night-Shining Clouds'

A NASA satellite has captured the first occurrence this summer of mysterious shiny polar clouds that form 50 miles above Earth’s surface.Image above: This image shows one of the first ground sightings of noctilucent clouds in the 2007 season. Credit: Veres Viktor of Budapest, Hungary taken on June 15, 2007. The first observations of these "night-shining" clouds by a satellite

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