#noctilucentclouds — Public Fediverse posts

Gang, I saw noctilucent clouds while I was walking home from the supermarket! [[Edit: No, these are probably rocket trails. See responses.]] Hours ago. I tried to tell people to look at the clouds, but all the men ignored me. The one person I got to look at the sky was a young woman who was humoring me at first, but her voice changed when she realized how cool the clouds actually were. One convert is better than none! #NoctilucentClouds #GoOutsideAndLookUp #CloudPorn #clouds #RocketLaunch

Gang, I saw noctilucent clouds while I was walking home from the supermarket! [[Edit: No, these are probably rocket trails. See responses.]] Hours ago. I tried to tell people to look at the clouds, but all the men ignored me. The one person I got to look at the sky was a young woman who was humoring me at first, but her voice changed when she realized how cool the clouds actually were. One convert is better than none! #NoctilucentClouds #GoOutsideAndLookUp #CloudPorn #clouds #RocketLaunch

Gang, I saw noctilucent clouds while I was walking home from the supermarket! [[Edit: No, these are probably rocket trails. See responses.]] Hours ago. I tried to tell people to look at the clouds, but all the men ignored me. The one person I got to look at the sky was a young woman who was humoring me at first, but her voice changed when she realized how cool the clouds actually were. One convert is better than none! #NoctilucentClouds #GoOutsideAndLookUp #CloudPorn #clouds #RocketLaunch

Gang, I saw noctilucent clouds while I was walking home from the supermarket! [[Edit: No, these are probably rocket trails. See responses.]] Hours ago. I tried to tell people to look at the clouds, but all the men ignored me. The one person I got to look at the sky was a young woman who was humoring me at first, but her voice changed when she realized how cool the clouds actually were. One convert is better than none! #NoctilucentClouds #GoOutsideAndLookUp #CloudPorn #clouds #RocketLaunch

Gang, I saw noctilucent clouds while I was walking home from the supermarket! [[Edit: No, these are probably rocket trails. See responses.]] Hours ago. I tried to tell people to look at the clouds, but all the men ignored me. The one person I got to look at the sky was a young woman who was humoring me at first, but her voice changed when she realized how cool the clouds actually were. One convert is better than none! #NoctilucentClouds #GoOutsideAndLookUp #CloudPorn #clouds #RocketLaunch

A huge but faint field of #NoctilucentClouds this morning seen from Bochum, Germany: here is a close-up of a particularly rich section; four more views in https://bsky.app/profile/cosmos4u.bsky.social/post/3mrthufx4rk2h and nine in https://www.facebook.com/groups/nlcaroundtheworld/posts/2010020079633587/

A huge but faint field of #NoctilucentClouds this morning seen from Bochum, Germany: here is a close-up of a particularly rich section; four more views in https://bsky.app/profile/cosmos4u.bsky.social/post/3mrthufx4rk2h and nine in https://www.facebook.com/groups/nlcaroundtheworld/posts/2010020079633587/

A huge but faint field of #NoctilucentClouds this morning seen from Bochum, Germany: here is a close-up of a particularly rich section; four more views in https://bsky.app/profile/cosmos4u.bsky.social/post/3mrthufx4rk2h and nine in https://www.facebook.com/groups/nlcaroundtheworld/posts/2010020079633587/

A huge but faint field of #NoctilucentClouds this morning seen from Bochum, Germany: here is a close-up of a particularly rich section; four more views in https://bsky.app/profile/cosmos4u.bsky.social/post/3mrthufx4rk2h and nine in https://www.facebook.com/groups/nlcaroundtheworld/posts/2010020079633587/

A huge but faint field of #NoctilucentClouds this morning seen from Bochum, Germany: here is a close-up of a particularly rich section; four more views in https://bsky.app/profile/cosmos4u.bsky.social/post/3mrthufx4rk2h and nine in https://www.facebook.com/groups/nlcaroundtheworld/posts/2010020079633587/

Noctilucent clouds form at 80 kilometres up — the edge of space. They're not supposed to be visible at 38°N in December. And yet they were. And they looked like a whale.

https://machina.mmalc.com/douglas-adamss-whale-was-a-cloud/

(Edit: set custom domain for URL)

#NoctilucentClouds
#DouglasAdams
#AtmosphericPhysics
#RocketLaunch
#SFBayArea
#Sonoma

Noctilucent clouds form at 80 kilometres up — the edge of space. They're not supposed to be visible at 38°N in December. And yet they were. And they looked like a whale.

https://machina.mmalc.com/douglas-adamss-whale-was-a-cloud/

(Edit: set custom domain for URL)

#NoctilucentClouds
#DouglasAdams
#AtmosphericPhysics
#RocketLaunch
#SFBayArea
#Sonoma

Noctilucent clouds form at 80 kilometres up — the edge of space. They're not supposed to be visible at 38°N in December. And yet they were. And they looked like a whale.

https://machina.mmalc.com/douglas-adamss-whale-was-a-cloud/

(Edit: set custom domain for URL)

#NoctilucentClouds
#DouglasAdams
#AtmosphericPhysics
#RocketLaunch
#SFBayArea
#Sonoma

Noctilucent clouds form at 80 kilometres up — the edge of space. They're not supposed to be visible at 38°N in December. And yet they were. And they looked like a whale.

https://machina.mmalc.com/douglas-adamss-whale-was-a-cloud/

(Edit: set custom domain for URL)

#NoctilucentClouds
#DouglasAdams
#AtmosphericPhysics
#RocketLaunch
#SFBayArea
#Sonoma

Noctilucent clouds form at 80 kilometres up — the edge of space. They're not supposed to be visible at 38°N in December. And yet they were. And they looked like a whale.

https://machina.mmalc.com/douglas-adamss-whale-was-a-cloud/

(Edit: set custom domain for URL)

#NoctilucentClouds
#DouglasAdams
#AtmosphericPhysics
#RocketLaunch
#SFBayArea
#Sonoma

More #NoctilucentClouds over Europe this morning, an even larger show than last evening - but sadly mostly covered by low clouds in Bochum. See https://skyweek.wordpress.com/2026/07/18/die-leuchtenden-nachtwolken-sind-weiter-aktiv/ ("Das Morgen-Segment war heute ...") for a few more timesteps of this teaser that never delivered the main act here.

More #NoctilucentClouds over Europe this morning, an even larger show than last evening - but sadly mostly covered by low clouds in Bochum. See https://skyweek.wordpress.com/2026/07/18/die-leuchtenden-nachtwolken-sind-weiter-aktiv/ ("Das Morgen-Segment war heute ...") for a few more timesteps of this teaser that never delivered the main act here.

More #NoctilucentClouds over Europe this morning, an even larger show than last evening - but sadly mostly covered by low clouds in Bochum. See https://skyweek.wordpress.com/2026/07/18/die-leuchtenden-nachtwolken-sind-weiter-aktiv/ ("Das Morgen-Segment war heute ...") for a few more timesteps of this teaser that never delivered the main act here.

More #NoctilucentClouds over Europe this morning, an even larger show than last evening - but sadly mostly covered by low clouds in Bochum. See https://skyweek.wordpress.com/2026/07/18/die-leuchtenden-nachtwolken-sind-weiter-aktiv/ ("Das Morgen-Segment war heute ...") for a few more timesteps of this teaser that never delivered the main act here.

More #NoctilucentClouds over Europe this morning, an even larger show than last evening - but sadly mostly covered by low clouds in Bochum. See https://skyweek.wordpress.com/2026/07/18/die-leuchtenden-nachtwolken-sind-weiter-aktiv/ ("Das Morgen-Segment war heute ...") for a few more timesteps of this teaser that never delivered the main act here.

And more #NoctilucentClouds over Bochum Germany tonight: see https://www.facebook.com/groups/leuchtendenachtwolken/posts/4356493544573922 for more views! This time I placed the camera on a railing and exposed for 4 seconds at ISO 400.

And more #NoctilucentClouds over Bochum Germany tonight: see https://www.facebook.com/groups/leuchtendenachtwolken/posts/4356493544573922 for more views! This time I placed the camera on a railing and exposed for 4 seconds at ISO 400.

And more #NoctilucentClouds over Bochum Germany tonight: see https://www.facebook.com/groups/leuchtendenachtwolken/posts/4356493544573922 for more views! This time I placed the camera on a railing and exposed for 4 seconds at ISO 400.

And more #NoctilucentClouds over Bochum Germany tonight: see https://www.facebook.com/groups/leuchtendenachtwolken/posts/4356493544573922 for more views! This time I placed the camera on a railing and exposed for 4 seconds at ISO 400.

And more #NoctilucentClouds over Bochum Germany tonight: see https://www.facebook.com/groups/leuchtendenachtwolken/posts/4356493544573922 for more views! This time I placed the camera on a railing and exposed for 4 seconds at ISO 400.

Strange ‘Space Clouds’ Seen Glowing Across Northern Hemisphere

Noctilucent clouds, also known as night clouds, are seen above the capital Tallinn, Estonia, early Friday, July 17,…
#NewsBeep #News #Space #electric-blueclouds #mesosphereclouds #meteordust #night-shiningclouds #noctilucentclouds #northernlightsalternative #northernsky #rareclouds #Science #spaceclouds #summerstargazing #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/701386/

Strange ‘Space Clouds’ Seen Glowing Across Northern Hemisphere

Noctilucent clouds, also known as night clouds, are seen above the capital Tallinn, Estonia, early Friday, July 17,…
#NewsBeep #News #Space #AU #Australia #electric-blueclouds #mesosphereclouds #meteordust #night-shiningclouds #noctilucentclouds #northernlightsalternative #northernsky #rareclouds #Science #spaceclouds #summerstargazing
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/812030/

Strange ‘Space Clouds’ Seen Glowing Across Northern Hemisphere

Noctilucent clouds, also known as night clouds, are seen above the capital Tallinn, Estonia, early Friday, July 17,…
#NewsBeep #News #Space #AU #Australia #electric-blueclouds #mesosphereclouds #meteordust #night-shiningclouds #noctilucentclouds #northernlightsalternative #northernsky #rareclouds #Science #spaceclouds #summerstargazing
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/812030/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/594843/ Strange ‘Space Clouds’ Seen Glowing Across Northern Hemisphere #Éire #ElectricBlueClouds #IE #Ireland #MesosphereClouds #MeteorDust #NightShiningClouds #NoctilucentClouds #NorthernLightsAlternative #NorthernSky #RareClouds #Science #Space #SpaceClouds #SummerStargazing

Finally some #NoctilucentClouds over Bochum, Germany, again Thursday evening: extended but pretty faint, so I had to crank up the contrast a lot here. See also webcam views at https://webcam.wetternetz-hagen.de/webcam/Sternwarte-ERT/#/2026/07/16/2308 and https://www.foto-webcam.eu/webcam/ettelsberg/2026/07/16/2320 and https://www.foto-webcam.eu/webcam/flensburg/2026/07/16/2320 (and forward the frames to enjoy more timesteps).

Finally some #NoctilucentClouds over Bochum, Germany, again Thursday evening: extended but pretty faint, so I had to crank up the contrast a lot here. See also webcam views at https://webcam.wetternetz-hagen.de/webcam/Sternwarte-ERT/#/2026/07/16/2308 and https://www.foto-webcam.eu/webcam/ettelsberg/2026/07/16/2320 and https://www.foto-webcam.eu/webcam/flensburg/2026/07/16/2320 (and forward the frames to enjoy more timesteps).

Finally some #NoctilucentClouds over Bochum, Germany, again Thursday evening: extended but pretty faint, so I had to crank up the contrast a lot here. See also webcam views at https://webcam.wetternetz-hagen.de/webcam/Sternwarte-ERT/#/2026/07/16/2308 and https://www.foto-webcam.eu/webcam/ettelsberg/2026/07/16/2320 and https://www.foto-webcam.eu/webcam/flensburg/2026/07/16/2320 (and forward the frames to enjoy more timesteps).

Finally some #NoctilucentClouds over Bochum, Germany, again Thursday evening: extended but pretty faint, so I had to crank up the contrast a lot here. See also webcam views at https://webcam.wetternetz-hagen.de/webcam/Sternwarte-ERT/#/2026/07/16/2308 and https://www.foto-webcam.eu/webcam/ettelsberg/2026/07/16/2320 and https://www.foto-webcam.eu/webcam/flensburg/2026/07/16/2320 (and forward the frames to enjoy more timesteps).

Finally some #NoctilucentClouds over Bochum, Germany, again Thursday evening: extended but pretty faint, so I had to crank up the contrast a lot here. See also webcam views at https://webcam.wetternetz-hagen.de/webcam/Sternwarte-ERT/#/2026/07/16/2308 and https://www.foto-webcam.eu/webcam/ettelsberg/2026/07/16/2320 and https://www.foto-webcam.eu/webcam/flensburg/2026/07/16/2320 (and forward the frames to enjoy more timesteps).

Noctilucent cloud show - cropped

https://makertube.net/w/6DBQDiqWYbjjxmcwmxpUCH

Noctilucent cloud show - cropped

https://makertube.net/w/6DBQDiqWYbjjxmcwmxpUCH

Faint #NoctilucentClouds in the morning of 3 July 2026 over Bochum, Germany - while the northeastern field faded quickly at dawn, a streak in the northwestern sky persisted - a noctilucent bar ... more pictures in https://www.facebook.com/dan.fischer.393/posts/pfbid0VVbg5w5t87zHuPwEUTWeDUuuPDQqDjqwZvqW76hcmhqXNeMuZTpq9oD37WRZf6fPl

Faint #NoctilucentClouds in the morning of 3 July 2026 over Bochum, Germany - while the northeastern field faded quickly at dawn, a streak in the northwestern sky persisted - a noctilucent bar ... more pictures in https://www.facebook.com/dan.fischer.393/posts/pfbid0VVbg5w5t87zHuPwEUTWeDUuuPDQqDjqwZvqW76hcmhqXNeMuZTpq9oD37WRZf6fPl

Faint #NoctilucentClouds in the morning of 3 July 2026 over Bochum, Germany - while the northeastern field faded quickly at dawn, a streak in the northwestern sky persisted - a noctilucent bar ... more pictures in https://www.facebook.com/dan.fischer.393/posts/pfbid0VVbg5w5t87zHuPwEUTWeDUuuPDQqDjqwZvqW76hcmhqXNeMuZTpq9oD37WRZf6fPl

Faint #NoctilucentClouds in the morning of 3 July 2026 over Bochum, Germany - while the northeastern field faded quickly at dawn, a streak in the northwestern sky persisted - a noctilucent bar ... more pictures in https://www.facebook.com/dan.fischer.393/posts/pfbid0VVbg5w5t87zHuPwEUTWeDUuuPDQqDjqwZvqW76hcmhqXNeMuZTpq9oD37WRZf6fPl

Faint #NoctilucentClouds in the morning of 3 July 2026 over Bochum, Germany - while the northeastern field faded quickly at dawn, a streak in the northwestern sky persisted - a noctilucent bar ... more pictures in https://www.facebook.com/dan.fischer.393/posts/pfbid0VVbg5w5t87zHuPwEUTWeDUuuPDQqDjqwZvqW76hcmhqXNeMuZTpq9oD37WRZf6fPl

Leuchtende Nachtwolken über Duisburg

#LeuchtendeNAchtwolken #NoctilucentClouds #Weather #Clouds #Night #NLC

Leuchtende Nachtwolken über Duisburg

#LeuchtendeNAchtwolken #NoctilucentClouds #Weather #Clouds #Night #NLC

Leuchtende Nachtwolken über Duisburg

#LeuchtendeNAchtwolken #NoctilucentClouds #Weather #Clouds #Night #NLC

Leuchtende Nachtwolken über Duisburg

#LeuchtendeNAchtwolken #NoctilucentClouds #Weather #Clouds #Night #NLC

Leuchtende Nachtwolken über Duisburg

#LeuchtendeNAchtwolken #NoctilucentClouds #Weather #Clouds #Night #NLC

Nachtleuchtende Wolken, 29.06.2026
(Detailaufnahme mit langer Brennweite)

#photography #nlc #noctilucentclouds #Nachthimmel #Astrodon #nightsky

Nachtleuchtende Wolken, 29.06.2026
(Detailaufnahme mit langer Brennweite)

#photography #nlc #noctilucentclouds #Nachthimmel #Astrodon #nightsky

Nachtleuchtende Wolken, 29.06.2026
(Detailaufnahme mit langer Brennweite)

#photography #nlc #noctilucentclouds #Nachthimmel #Astrodon #nightsky

Nachtleuchtende Wolken, 29.06.2026
(Detailaufnahme mit langer Brennweite)

#photography #nlc #noctilucentclouds #Nachthimmel #Astrodon #nightsky

Nachtleuchtende Wolken, 29.06.2026
(Detailaufnahme mit langer Brennweite)

#photography #nlc #noctilucentclouds #Nachthimmel #Astrodon #nightsky

Last night, there was a fine display of noctilucent clouds (NLC), seen here from Wedemark, north of Hannover, Germany. NLC are highest clouds on our beautiful home planet.

They are at a height of about 82 km, almost at the edge of space, and consist of tiny ice crystals. They can only be seen during our summer months, around midnight, toward the northern horizon. And if you ask me, they are just beautiful.

We may see them again in the coming weeks.

#NoctilucentClouds #NLC #Photography #Nature

Last night, there was a fine display of noctilucent clouds (NLC), seen here from Wedemark, north of Hannover, Germany. NLC are highest clouds on our beautiful home planet.

They are at a height of about 82 km, almost at the edge of space, and consist of tiny ice crystals. They can only be seen during our summer months, around midnight, toward the northern horizon. And if you ask me, they are just beautiful.

We may see them again in the coming weeks.

#NoctilucentClouds #NLC #Photography #Nature

Last night, there was a fine display of noctilucent clouds (NLC), seen here from Wedemark, north of Hannover, Germany. NLC are highest clouds on our beautiful home planet.

They are at a height of about 82 km, almost at the edge of space, and consist of tiny ice crystals. They can only be seen during our summer months, around midnight, toward the northern horizon. And if you ask me, they are just beautiful.

We may see them again in the coming weeks.

#NoctilucentClouds #NLC #Photography #Nature

Last night, there was a fine display of noctilucent clouds (NLC), seen here from Wedemark, north of Hannover, Germany. NLC are highest clouds on our beautiful home planet.

They are at a height of about 82 km, almost at the edge of space, and consist of tiny ice crystals. They can only be seen during our summer months, around midnight, toward the northern horizon. And if you ask me, they are just beautiful.

We may see them again in the coming weeks.

#NoctilucentClouds #NLC #Photography #Nature

Last night, there was a fine display of noctilucent clouds (NLC), seen here from Wedemark, north of Hannover, Germany. NLC are highest clouds on our beautiful home planet.

They are at a height of about 82 km, almost at the edge of space, and consist of tiny ice crystals. They can only be seen during our summer months, around midnight, toward the northern horizon. And if you ask me, they are just beautiful.

We may see them again in the coming weeks.

#NoctilucentClouds #NLC #Photography #Nature

Gestern Abend gab es Leuchtende Nachtwolken, die höchsten Wolken unseres schönen Heimatplaneten.

Sie stehen rund 82 km hoch, also fast an der Grenze zum Weltraum, bestehen aus winzigen Eiskristallen, sind nur in unseren Sommermonaten in den Stunden um Mitternacht Richtung Nordhorizont zu sehen und sind einfach sehr schön.

In den kommenden Wochen kann es die immer wieder geben.

#LeuchtendeNachtwolken #NLC #Fotografie #Naturfotografie #NoctilucentClouds #Wedemark

Gestern Abend gab es Leuchtende Nachtwolken, die höchsten Wolken unseres schönen Heimatplaneten.

Sie stehen rund 82 km hoch, also fast an der Grenze zum Weltraum, bestehen aus winzigen Eiskristallen, sind nur in unseren Sommermonaten in den Stunden um Mitternacht Richtung Nordhorizont zu sehen und sind einfach sehr schön.

In den kommenden Wochen kann es die immer wieder geben.

#LeuchtendeNachtwolken #NLC #Fotografie #Naturfotografie #NoctilucentClouds #Wedemark

Gestern Abend gab es Leuchtende Nachtwolken, die höchsten Wolken unseres schönen Heimatplaneten.

Sie stehen rund 82 km hoch, also fast an der Grenze zum Weltraum, bestehen aus winzigen Eiskristallen, sind nur in unseren Sommermonaten in den Stunden um Mitternacht Richtung Nordhorizont zu sehen und sind einfach sehr schön.

In den kommenden Wochen kann es die immer wieder geben.

#LeuchtendeNachtwolken #NLC #Fotografie #Naturfotografie #NoctilucentClouds #Wedemark

Gestern Abend gab es Leuchtende Nachtwolken, die höchsten Wolken unseres schönen Heimatplaneten.

Sie stehen rund 82 km hoch, also fast an der Grenze zum Weltraum, bestehen aus winzigen Eiskristallen, sind nur in unseren Sommermonaten in den Stunden um Mitternacht Richtung Nordhorizont zu sehen und sind einfach sehr schön.

In den kommenden Wochen kann es die immer wieder geben.

#LeuchtendeNachtwolken #NLC #Fotografie #Naturfotografie #NoctilucentClouds #Wedemark