Anonymous Coward User ID: 14770674 United States 06/26/2012 09:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Strange Night-Shining Clouds Captured in Space Station Photo Delicate, shining threads of white seem alienlike against the darkness of space in a new image of a type of "night-shining" or noctilucent cloud taken from the International Space Station (ISS) and released today (June 25). More specifically, these polar mesospheric clouds (a type of noctilucent cloud) were hovering above the Tibetan Plateau on June 13 when the photo was snapped from the ISS. The lower layers of the atmosphere are also illuminated in the new image, captured by the Expedition 31 crew, with the lowest layer, called the stratosphere, shown in dim orange and red tones near the horizon. [ link to www.livescience.com] |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 14770674 United States 06/26/2012 09:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Strange Night-Shining Clouds Captured in Space Station Photo doesnt the bible say Jesus would return "with the clouds"? |
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User ID: 13160787 United States 06/26/2012 09:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Strange Night-Shining Clouds Captured in Space Station Photo From the article: "Polar mesospheric clouds are most visible during the respective late spring and early summer in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Astronauts frequently get views of these clouds over Canada, northern Europe and Asia during the summer, according to NASA. However, observations of these same clouds in the Southern Hemisphere are less frequent. " Looks like this is common? ***Earth was once considered to be flat. Anything is possible.*** |