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oregonrandy.bsky.social
Unfortunately these are just normal clouds underlit by spread out rural lights and made more visible by longer exposure.
This image in this reply is an example of #NoctilucentClouds I was lucky to see and photograph.
This was taken in early July of 2020. They are rare here.
An early morning, predawn image of the sky with prominent features annotated. The darkened sky occupies about the upper 3/4 of the entire image. At far upper middle right is a red circle around a group of stars that are called out in the text as "Pleiades". Below that also in the right is another red circle around a single bright object that is labeled "Venus". From just above the middle of the horizon, a gentle yellow glow, and pink colored (clouds beginning to catch dawn light barely), a steak of very light and bright blue clouds extend across the sky at a low diagonal line to the left. These are Noctilucent Clouds. They are rare here, but tend to appear to the North, and more frequently in Summer. A simple line of red text running just above them says "Noctilucent Clouds". Below them, toward the far left is a small bright streak of light pointing to where the sun will rise later. It is circled in red and the text above it reads, "Comet Neowise". The comet was widely visible by naked eye through July of 2020. Above the comet and blue clouds in the upper middle left is a bright, long steak of light that is the reflected light off of The International Space Station over the amount of time the shutter was open for this long exposure photo. The red text above it reads, "International Space Station". The rest of the sky above the horizon is a deep blue, not black because of the time exposure, and the approaching dawn. The very bottom of the image shows very dimly lit gold grassy low rolling hills.
January 1, 2026 at 8:11 AM
ullavornanen.bsky.social
Early wake up today.

Aikainen herätys tänään. Aamuyön taivaalla oli 12% kuun sirppi, #Jupiter ja #Venus lähellä toisiaan. Bonuksena vielä vähän #valaisevatyöpilvet

#kuu #yövalokuvaus #valokuvataivas #ursa
#moon #nightphotography #noctilucentclouds 📷✨🌿
Kuvan yläosassa kuun sirppi. Kuusta alaoikealle Jupiter. Kuusta alas ja hiukan vasemmalle Venus. Kuvan alaosassa valaisevia yöpilviä. Alalaidassa aamun sarastuksen oranssi väri. Kuunsirppi ja maatamo. Jupiter ja sen neljä kuuta. Venus vertailun vuoksi ”lähikuvassa”.
August 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
fairypryncess.bsky.social
calm to soothe your timeline, my friends. 😊

#Cornwall #sunset #ocean #sea #nature #coast #summer #calm #peace #life #photography #noctilucentclouds #solihuette
August 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
catherinemmunro.bsky.social
We had some beautiful noctilucent clouds last night ❤️
Noctilucent clouds are night shining clouds formed from ice crystals that can sometimes be seen at northerly latitudes during summer.

#Shetland #Scotland #noctilucentclouds
Silvery clouds in a deep blue night sky
August 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
huubeggen.bsky.social
Two additional images of this morning's #noctilucentclouds. Fortunately the gap in the clouds was moving almost parallel to the horizon. First image taken at 04:32, second image at 04:39. Looking NNE.
August 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
huubeggen.bsky.social
Nice #noctilucentclouds visible through a distant gap in the clouds this morning. Image taken 4 August 2025 04:23 CEST (UT+2). It's quite uncommon to see noctilucent clouds in August from my latitude. @leonoor.bsky.social @sjbastro.bsky.social @nachtwolken.bsky.social @cosmos4u.bsky.social
The image shows a gap in a high dark cloud deck at top, with some lower dark clouds at bottom and at left, and the silhouette of a tree at right and a roof and chimneys at bottom. In the gap light bands, waaves and veils of noctilucent clouds are visible.
August 4, 2025 at 4:57 AM
huubeggen.bsky.social
FYI @sjbastro.bsky.social @davidbflower.bsky.social @cosmos4u.bsky.social @daveatcogs.bsky.social @petervogel.bsky.social @elisabethkosters.bsky.social @annqld1.bsky.social @waddensky.nl @leonoor.bsky.social @nachtwolken.bsky.social A short summary of a nice season of #noctilucentclouds.
huubeggen.bsky.social Huub Eggen @huubeggen.bsky.social · Aug 2
The #noctilucentclouds (NLC) 2025 season has ended here. NLCs were reported from the Netherlands on 18 nights between 2 June and 29 July 2025 (weather permitting sightings). I missed one night. Sometimes the NLCs were very faint (pic 1), but on a number of occasions they were splendid (pics 2-4).
20 June 2025 03:30 AM Central European Summer Time (CEST, which is Universal Time plus 2 hours). An early twilight sky over a treetop at lower right shows a star and an airplane just left of centre and a faint blueish streak below them. This was a noctilucent cloud. Image taken 24 June 2025 03:38 AM (CEST=UT+2). The image shows an early twilight sky over a house and a tree at lower right. The sky is full of more or less parallel bands, light brownish at bottom, pale white in the centre of the image and blueish towards the top of the image. These bands are noctilucent clouds. There are silvery white by themselves but take the colour of the atmosphere their light is traveling through towards the observer. Image taken on 29 June 2025 at 00:14 AM (CEST). The image shows a late twilight sky over some trees and houses. The colour of the sky ranges from deep orange-brown at bottom to black at top. A large part of the sky is filled waves, bands and veils of noctilucent clouds. Image taen on 8 July 2025 at 03:41 AM CEST. The images shows a morning twilight sky over a tree at lower right and dark silhouettes of clouds in the low atmosphere at bottom and at left. The sky is filled with white and blueish veils, bands, waves and whirls of noctilucent clouds.
August 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
huubeggen.bsky.social
The #noctilucentclouds (NLC) 2025 season has ended here. NLCs were reported from the Netherlands on 18 nights between 2 June and 29 July 2025 (weather permitting sightings). I missed one night. Sometimes the NLCs were very faint (pic 1), but on a number of occasions they were splendid (pics 2-4).
20 June 2025 03:30 AM Central European Summer Time (CEST, which is Universal Time plus 2 hours). An early twilight sky over a treetop at lower right shows a star and an airplane just left of centre and a faint blueish streak below them. This was a noctilucent cloud. Image taken 24 June 2025 03:38 AM (CEST=UT+2). The image shows an early twilight sky over a house and a tree at lower right. The sky is full of more or less parallel bands, light brownish at bottom, pale white in the centre of the image and blueish towards the top of the image. These bands are noctilucent clouds. There are silvery white by themselves but take the colour of the atmosphere their light is traveling through towards the observer. Image taken on 29 June 2025 at 00:14 AM (CEST). The image shows a late twilight sky over some trees and houses. The colour of the sky ranges from deep orange-brown at bottom to black at top. A large part of the sky is filled waves, bands and veils of noctilucent clouds. Image taen on 8 July 2025 at 03:41 AM CEST. The images shows a morning twilight sky over a tree at lower right and dark silhouettes of clouds in the low atmosphere at bottom and at left. The sky is filled with white and blueish veils, bands, waves and whirls of noctilucent clouds.
August 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
daveatcogs.bsky.social
Quote-post @huubeggen.bsky.social: really nice 👇 choices for #NoctilucentClouds pics

In #Idaho & #Wyoming on the interactive map isspix.com/ISS073, there are pins for Huub's post; they also have links to the downloadable 170- and 50-mm high-res by astronaut #NicholeAyers
August 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM
huubeggen.bsky.social
#Noctilucentclouds imaged by astronaut Nichole Ayers from space station #ISS around local midnight (Idaho/Wyoming) on 14 to 15 July 2025. Originals eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... and eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... Pic s 3 and 4 are crops of pic 2. @daveatcogs.bsky.social @cosmos4u.bsky.social
The images show a bright blueish band over a curved dark earth and under the darkness of space at top. In the upper part of the band a number of thin light streaks, mostly parallel, are visible. These are the noctilucent clouds. The other images show the same horizon and different parts of the noctilucent clouds.
August 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
nachtwolken.bsky.social
The chances to observe NLCs over Germany during the night July 30/31, 2025 are about 40%. Complete forecast at forum.meteoros.de/viewtopic.ph...

#nlc #noctilucentclouds #leuchtendenachtwolken #spaceclouds #nlcs #noctilucentclouds2025 #nlcs2025
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July 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
huubeggen.bsky.social
The #noctilucentclouds season is still not over yet! Image taken on 29 July 2025 at 04:05 CEST (UT+2). Looking northeast. @leonoor.bsky.social @waddensky.nl @nachtwolken.bsky.social @sjbastro.bsky.social @cosmos4u.bsky.social
The image shows an early twilight sky with a tree at left, dark silhouettes of low clouds and a chimney at bottom, and an orange streak of a cirrus cloud towards top. Lower in the sky white streaks of noctilucent couds are visible.
July 29, 2025 at 9:34 AM
nachtwolken.bsky.social
The chances to observe NLCs over Germany during the night July 28 to 29, 2025 are about 40%. Complete forecast at forum.meteoros.de/viewtopic.ph...

#nlc #noctilucentclouds #leuchtendenachtwolken #spaceclouds #nlcs #noctilucentclouds2025 #nlcs2025
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July 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
nachtwolken.bsky.social
The chances to observe NLCs over Germany during the night July 27/28, 2025 are at leat around 40%. Complete forecast at forum.meteoros.de/viewtopic.ph...

#nlc #noctilucentclouds #leuchtendenachtwolken #spaceclouds #nlcs #noctilucentclouds2025 #nlcs2025
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July 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
nachtwolken.bsky.social
The chances to observe NLCs over Germany during the night July 24-25, 2025 are near 60%. Complete forecast at forum.meteoros.de/viewtopic.ph...

#nlc #noctilucentclouds #leuchtendenachtwolken #spaceclouds #nlcs #noctilucentclouds2025 #nlcs2025
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July 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
huubeggen.bsky.social
#Noctilucentclouds this morning. The picture is a stitch of images taken on 24 July 2025 around 04:09 CEST (UT+2). More images later. @leonoor.bsky.social @nachtwolken.bsky.social @sjbastro.bsky.social
The image shows a twilight sky over a dark skyline of rooftops and trees. The noctilucent clouds form a pattern of light waves and veils in the sky.
July 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
nachtwolken.bsky.social
The chances for NLCs to be visible over Germany during the night July 23 to 24, 2025 are at least 40%. Complete forecast at forum.meteoros.de/viewtopic.ph...

#nlc #noctilucentclouds #leuchtendenachtwolken #spaceclouds #nlcs #noctilucentclouds2025 #nlcs2025
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July 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
sjbastro.bsky.social
New video - North Yorkshire #NoctilucentClouds - 9 to 10 July 2025. #NoctilucentCloud #Noctilucent #Astronomy youtu.be/GvbN6hk-izU
North Yorkshire Noctilucent Clouds - 9 to 10 July 2025
YouTube video by Steve Brown astronomy and astrophotography
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July 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
nachtwolken.bsky.social
The chances for NLCs to be visible over Germany during the night July 22-23, 2025 are 40% or so. Complete forecast at forum.meteoros.de/viewtopic.ph...

#nlc #noctilucentclouds #leuchtendenachtwolken #spaceclouds #nlcs #noctilucentclouds2025 #nlcs2025
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July 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
nachtwolken.bsky.social
The chances for NLCs to be visible over Germany during the night July 21/22, 2025 maybe about 50%. Complete forecast at forum.meteoros.de/viewtopic.ph...

#nlc #noctilucentclouds #leuchtendenachtwolken #spaceclouds #nlcs #noctilucentclouds2025 #nlcs2025
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July 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
daveatcogs.bsky.social
Quote-post @huubeggen.bsky.social: very nice 👇example of #noctilucentclouds imaged from the ISS.

West of #Orenburg on the map isspix.com/ISS073, there is an orange pin for Huub's post; it also has link to the downloadable 100-mm high-res by a cosmonaut

This is quite the photo find by Huub! 1/2
July 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
huubeggen.bsky.social
#Noctilucentclouds as imaged by a cosmonaut aboard space station #ISS on 13 July 2025 from over #Russia, west of Orenburg (51.56 52.97). Original eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... @daveatcogs.bsky.social Credit Roscosmos Thanks to Dave for helping ID the location.
The image shows the earth's horizon from upper left to lower right. At lower left the earth is dark, the sun having set there. Towards the horizon the earth is still in sunlight. The darkness of space at upper right. Above the horizon a few thin blueish bands are visible. These are noctilucent clouds.
July 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
sjbastro.bsky.social
There was a good display of #NoctilucentClouds on 9-10 July, with the clouds being at their best just before dawn. Here's a shot looking to the east, with Venus visible sitting in a gap in the display. The Pleiades can be made out above Venus too. #Noctilucent #Astronomy #NLC #NoctilucentCloud
Light blue wispy noctilucent clouds against a blue sky with the yellow of sunrise low down and a dark foreground of trees and hills. Bright Venus can be seen low centre, with the stars of the Pleiades above this.
July 21, 2025 at 11:10 AM
nachtwolken.bsky.social
The chances for NLCs to be visible over Germany during the night from July 20 to 21, 2025 maybe about 50%. Complete forecast at forum.meteoros.de/viewtopic.ph...

#nlc #noctilucentclouds #leuchtendenachtwolken #spaceclouds #nlcs #noctilucentclouds2025 #nlcs2025
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July 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
huubeggen.bsky.social
Fantastic #noctilucentclouds this morning visible from north central Europe, where they had clear skies. Image taken by Marek Nikodem near Szubin in Poland after 03:00 CEST. More of his images on spaceweather.com You can find also images from Heiko Ulbricht from eastern Germany there.
The image shows a dark landscape with a tree at right. The sky is dark too, apart from twilight colours over the horizon. At left are blueish-white noctilucent clouds. Right of centre planet Venus shines brightly. Towards upper right you can see the waning Moon and among a lot of stars the Pleiades (aka Seven Sisters).
July 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM