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A display of noctilucent clouds, viewed from the flight deck of a Boeing 787 at 41,000’ over Northern Canada.
2 thoughts on “A display of noctilucent clouds, viewed from the flight deck of a Boeing 787 at 41,000’ over Northern Canada.”
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A spectacular example of a multi-layered Altocumulus lenticularis duplicatus, also known as 'pile d'assiettes', spotted by Keith Johnson while salmon fishing in the Andes, Argentina
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Stratus lifting up along the mountainside in British Columbia, Canada
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Cumulus floating by over land and over water, near Taiwan
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Cirrus at sunset over Greenfield, California, US
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A classic example of a Horseshoe Vortex spotted over Eldorado, Santa Fe, New Mexico, US
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Altocumulus spotted over Taipei, Taiwan
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Following a gray and featureless day, this was the view shortly after sunset over Arnhem, The Netherlands
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Sunset over Erm, The Netherlands
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Altocumulus with some signs of undulatus, spotted above a layer of stratus over Salisbury, England
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Stratocumulus over Main Beach, East Hampton, Long Island, New York, US
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Supercilium are short-lived cloud formations that resemble eyebrow-like features and appear in turbulent airflow over, and to the immediate lee of, steep mountain peaks, as spotted here over Santa Barbara, California, US
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22-degree halo spotted over Portland, Oregon, US
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Altocumulus reflected in the golden light of sunset, spotted over Brighton, Colorado, US
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Altocumulus over Pershore, Worcestershire, England
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Stratus hovering over Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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An amazing shot, James. Don’t often get to see a sky like that so high up in the sky from an airplane at 41,000 feet and get it so accurately on what must have been a special night camera. Must have been close to the top of the troposphere and at the bottom of the stratosphere, where your were flying, where nearly all the clouds are made of ice crystals, cirrus clouds for example and the temperature is below -50 degrees. From Rebecca Hill
Thanks James for this most remarkable photo showing the famous noctilucent clouds glowing between the black sky and black earth. What a glorious shot!