Night Shining Clouds – Noctilucent Clouds – 2 July 17 – Weather Watchers
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Here are six pleasing shots taken on 2 July 17 of the rather rare and elusive Noctilucent clouds photographed by members of the BBC Weather Watchers.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weatherwatchers/article/40492617/night-shining-clouds
Laurence
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Hello “Noctilucy”
Were it be your wish would be my command. But I am no god, just a mere mortal so, alas, I cannot contrive in some way to bring Noctilucent clouds your way. Oh, dear!
I live in Yate, south Gloucestershire (11 miles north east of City of Bristol). Lights pollute the skies here pretty bad – and that is putting it midlly. There is scant chance of my seeing clouds of the type you fancy. A pity…
By the way, picking up on your posting elsewhere on this Forum – “Hope” – I am glad to know you are back in the CAS fold. Welcome back!
Laurence
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Thanks, Laurence. There is a lot of light pollution here as well, and even though we live in a rural county it seems everyone has to have at least one or more security lights, whether in town or out in the country. I don’t know if they are really afraid of thieves, or if it just makes them feel safer. It really interferes with the moonlight during a full moon. I grew up in rural West Virginia, at a time when only the moon and stars lit the valleys after everyone went to bed. But…some of the pictures of noctilucent clouds seem to show them over (or behind) cities, so I figured they would be visible anyway.
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But there are attempts to improve – the latest in the UK
http://www.cornwalllive.com/bodmin-moor-gets-international-dark-sky-designation-and-cornwall-will-get-a-tourism-boom/story-30428726-detail/story.html
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