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Are these NLCs?
Taken by Ujvárosi Beáta on July 4, 2016 @ Kolozsvár, Romania

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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS 600D
Exposure Time: 25/10
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 400
Date Taken: 2016:07:04 21:31:40

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I went out at 22:30 (UTC+3) and saw this in north-northwest direction. I first thought that it is NLC but it was too high (up to 10 degrees above horizon), and I am too far south (46 N).I also think it was too faint (I've never seen NLC but I think it should be brighter than this). Please somebody tell me that it is or not NLC (the sun was about 10-12 degrees below horizon when I took the pictures)

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ANSWER : YES !!!
Typical -sand waves- shape & electric blue color, shining in the dark.
Congratulations Ujvárosi for your first NLCs sighting !!

10° above horizon is usual.
46° N...much less !
Here in Paris, France (48,8° N), I saw NLCs only one time in my life, in July 2009, right above my head...
It means that NLCs are coming South, a good news for viewers, maybe a less one concerning climate change...

ALL you need to know bout NLCs is here :

http://www.atoptics.co.uk/highsky/nlc1.htm
http://www.atoptics.co.uk/highsky/nlc2.htm
http://www.atoptics.co.uk/highsky/nlcims0.htm

I hope to see it in the coming days, even if the weather is quite cloudy here, for weeks (even month, Spring 2016 is the most rainy in Paris since...1850 !)

Very nice pictures !
;-)

Posted by Sylvain 2016-07-04 16:16:00

Thank you Sylvain, Im so happy to read this! I was waiting for years and this came as a good surprise for me

Posted by Zywyke 2016-07-04 16:32:02

You are welcome... Beáta ;-)
(Sorry, I made a confusion between your first name and your family name, inverted).

So, again, congratulations !

Happy for you & still amazed that NLCs could reach such southern latitudes (46° N... Wow !): I remember that it was said that it could reach Italy, but it is the first time that I see such reports on SpaceWeather.
When July, 4th AIM satellite image of NLCs will be available, it will be interesting to see if there was something -special- over Romania :
http://lasp.colorado.edu/aim/cips/data/repository/prelim/current_daisy.png

;-)

Posted by Sylvain 2016-07-05 01:12:17

Definitely NLCs! Its great to see them so far South, congratulations Beata! : )

Posted by Piotr 2016-07-05 17:19:20

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