Late season PMC/NLC surprise in Hungary
Taken by Ujvárosi Beáta on July 23, 2023 @
Vácrátót, Hungary
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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS R7
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Date Taken: 2023:07:23 18:31:31
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At our latitudes the main season for polar mesospheric clouds (or noctilucent clouds, NLC) is usually over by mid-July, and after that only faint, small displays can be observed (but there were exceptions like 2009). This season was also a rather weak one here due to high solar activity (and even the few better ones were sabotaged by tropospheric clouds). With this in mind, I was not expecting anything big for my birthday, but the mesosphere surprised me with the best display of the season: a not too high, but wide and bright NLC appeared at dawn, easily visible with the naked eye even when there was still dark, becoming brighter and more colorful with time. It was richly structured, with some thin and very bright lines dominating the scene, stretching from N to ENE and even a faint red tint on the top was picked up by the camera. It's a nice grand finale that saved the season and a great birthday gift for an NLC maniac!
I combined 4 images (shot at 35 mm) into a panorama for the full display at its best, also took some close-ups at 200 mm to show the beautifully detailed structure.
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