Watch out for dazzling space clouds

A bright display of natural “space clouds” is predicted to shine down over the UK, Ireland and similar mid-northern latitudes tomorrow night, Monday 19 July. The shimmering phenomenon at the upper edge of the atmosphere, called noctilucent clouds, is only seen in mid-summer and from similarly placed locations – the sky does not get dark [...]


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A bright display of natural “space clouds” is predicted to shine down over the UK, Ireland and similar mid-northern latitudes tomorrow night, Monday 19 July. The shimmering phenomenon at the upper edge of the atmosphere, called noctilucent clouds, is only seen in mid-summer and from similarly placed locations – the sky does not get dark [...]


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