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Noctilucent Clouds - 12 07 09

PostPosted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:14 pm
by Omag 2.0
Last night... after sunset... Noctilucent cloud display! Magic!!!

The sunrays reflecting on tiny ice crystals, 80 km above the earth... not that common in my part of the world...


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Re: Noctilucent Clouds - 12 07 09

PostPosted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:19 pm
by scalper_old
looks pretty cool.

Re: Noctilucent Clouds - 12 07 09

PostPosted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:56 pm
by Mobius
Awesome!  That's really rare - I'm jealous. ;)

Re: Noctilucent Clouds - 12 07 09

PostPosted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:10 pm
by Fozzer
Fantastic Photo, Kris...

A lucky shot!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctilucent_cloud

Paul...another enthusiastic Cloud Watcher!... ;)...!

Re: Noctilucent Clouds - 12 07 09

PostPosted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:14 pm
by Hagar
Fascinating & nicely captured. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

Re: Noctilucent Clouds - 12 07 09

PostPosted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:54 pm
by BigTruck
Wow, I have not heard of this before, I'm going to keep an eye out from now on, very cool

Re: Noctilucent Clouds - 12 07 09

PostPosted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:51 am
by Fozzer
One of the many joys of being a Motorcyclist, and enthusiastic Flight Simmer/Pilot, is always being aware of Weather conditions, including studying Cloud formations, etc...;(...!

My comfort/safety/life depends upon it!...!

Since using the various Flight Sims I seem to spend a lot of my time gazing up at the sky, and discerning different cloud formations, and estimating the possibility of "Bad Weather" en route...and how to avoid it!

I have learned a lot, and now have a great interest in "Weather"... :)...!

Paul...G-BPLF...FS 2004.... 8-)...!

If the Weather is "Bad", my Bike stays in the Garage, and my Sim Aircraft stays in its Hangar.....trust me!...;)...!

.... ;D...!

Great Britain, with its ever-changing "Temperate Weather", hour by hour, makes an interesting study of Cloud Formations!

Re: Noctilucent Clouds - 12 07 09

PostPosted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:37 am
by BFMF
Very interesting...

Out of curiosity, what kind of lens, and what exposure settings did you use?

Re: Noctilucent Clouds - 12 07 09

PostPosted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:32 pm
by Omag 2.0
Canon 50D + Sigma 24-70 f2.8

on tripod ( shitty one... lol)

f5.6 for sharpness with the lens

shuttertime 15 s

Iso 100

Re: Noctilucent Clouds - 12 07 09

PostPosted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 3:37 pm
by beaky
Beautiful...  8-)