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Lucky timelapse: noctilucent clouds

Being a total timelapse junkie I was peacefully imaging the sunset when I read chatter about noctilucent clouds all over twitter. A trending topic in the stream of UK people I follow. I opened my camera, put together my timelapse, and sure as twitter, there they were :) Yay!

I don’t think I have ever seen a noctilucent cloud timelapse before.

Clouds, sunset and noctilucent clouds from carolune on Vimeo.

First we see the clouds. The the sunset colours them orange, then they disappear.
Then they start glowing again, way into the night. Those are Noctilucent clouds.
For more info, check here:
http://www.atoptics.co.uk/highsky/nlc1.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctilucent_cloud

Circumzenithal arc

Circumzenithal Arc from carolune on Vimeo.

This will eventually feature in some longer video.
This circumzenithal arc is about an hour old as I’m uploading this video. I’ve just got the urge to share :)