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A nacreous Dolphin over Elgin, Moray, Scotland.
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Nacreous clouds over Elgin, Moray, Scotland.
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A nacreous bird over Elgin, Moray, Scotland.
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A full moon and Mars over Elgin, Moray, Scotland.
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Towering Cumulus clouds over the Cuillin Hills, Carbost, on the Isle of Skye.
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A sunrise with clouds and comet NEOWISE over Elgin, Moray, Scotland.
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A giant Owl enjoys the spectacle of noctilucent clouds over Arbroath, on the east coast of Scotland.
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A hint of asperitas in this formation over Pitlochry, Scotland.
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A collection of nacreous formations over Alloa, Scotland.
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A noctilucent cloud display and a very active aurora over Elgin, Scotland.
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An image taken by Alan on March 20, 2015, from a Boeing 737 flying at 38,000 feet over the Norwegian Sea, he was one of 57 passengers on a flight to observe the Total Solar Eclipse.
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A Noctilucent formation over Hopeman Beach, Moray, Scotland.
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Laurence Green says:
Alan, I’ve just come across an interesting video (2.45 minutes duration) taken from NASA’s Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD) website showing a very rare combination of Noctilucent clouds accompanied by Aurorae on the night of 4th & 5th August recent at Caithness, Scotland:-
http://www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/ap130819.html
Certainly worth watching! The text is informative too.
Laurence
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An image over Elgin, Moray, Scotland, for Cloudspotters and Astronomers alike, it shows Cirrus, the faint green glow of an aurora and a Virginid meteor.
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Laurence Green says:
Would the faint streak seen one third of the way in of the left hand side of the photo possibly be the Comet PANSTARRS – a comet which has certainly got the interest recently of the astronomical community?
Laurence
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A lunar corona spotted from Duffus Castle, near Elgin, Moray, Scotland.
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A halo and upper tangent arc over Elgin, Scotland.
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Normanicus says:
A great shot. Have not yet seen an upper tangent arc.
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A barbed wire contrail over Elgin, Scotland.
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Mark McCaughrean says:
Sorry, typo there: Alan, not Alana :-)
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Mark McCaughrean says:
Very interesting indeed, Alana, as it shows the Crow Instability in action again; see the picture I submitted here a little while ago:
https://cloudappreciationsociety.org/gallery/photo-07959/
But all the more amazing, since I took another picture of this phenomenon last weekend that’s almost identical to yours in showing this “barbed wire” appearance:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/markmccaughrean/6885978320/
Good stuff :-)
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Alan, this is brilliant capture of a rare sight!
Good man!
Laurence