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Mysterious Noctilucent Clouds Brighten Night Skies

Noctilucent Clouds near Gleichen, Alberta, Canada on June 6, 2011.

Source: Alan Dyer/Spaceweather
Severe Light Pollution Contaminates Britain Skies; May Trigger Adverse Health Affects

Excess amounts of wasted artificial light pumped into Britain’s skies are causing severe light pollution as a result of which almost half of the country is unable to see a starry sky at night.

Source: NASA/Marek Nikodem
Mysterious Noctilucent Clouds Brighten Night Skies

Dave Hughes photographed the NLCs near Edmonton, Alberta Canada on July 2, 2011.

Source: NASA/Dave Hughes
Mysterious Noctilucent Clouds Brighten Night Skies

NLCs on July 3, 2011 in Lock Leven, Fife Scotland.

Source: NASA/Adrian Maricic
Mysterious Noctilucent Clouds Brighten Night Skies

This image of NLCs was taken by Adrian Maricic at Loch Leven, Fife Scotland on July 2, 2011.

Source: NASA/Adrian Maricic
Mysterious Noctilucent Clouds Brighten Night Skies

NLC photographed in Umatilla, Oregon on July 1, 2011.

Source: Tony George/Spaceweather
Mysterious Noctilucent Clouds Brighten Night Skies

NLC photographed in Potlatch, Washington on July 2, 2011.

Source: Steven Rosenow/Spaceweather
Mysterious Noctilucent Clouds Brighten Night Skies

NLC photographed in East Grand Forks, Minesota on July 1, 2011.

Source: Aaron Kennedy/Spaceweather
Mysterious Noctilucent Clouds Brighten Night Skies

NLC photographed in Vilnius, Lithuania on June 27, 2011.

Source: Aurimas Dirse/Spaceweather
Mysterious Noctilucent Clouds Brighten Night Skies

NLC photographed near Szubin, Poland on June 26, 2011.

Source: Marek Nikodem/Spaceweather
Mysterious Noctilucent Clouds Brighten Night Skies

NLC photographed in Swindon and Avebury, Wiltshire, UK on June 29, 2011.

Source: Renata Arpasova/Spaceweather
Mysterious Noctilucent Clouds Brighten Night Skies

NLC photographed near Gleichen, Alberta, Canada on June 28, 2011.

Source: Alan Dyer/Spaceweather
Mysterious Noctilucent Clouds Brighten Night Skies

NLC photographed in Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland on June 26, 2011.

Source: Dariusz Wierzbicki/Spaceweathe
Mysterious Noctilucent Clouds Brighten Night Skies

NLC photographed in Newtown Linford, Leicestershire, UK on July 2, 2011.

Source: John Houghton/Spaceweather
Mysterious Noctilucent Clouds Brighten Night Skies

NLC photographed in Szubin, Poland on July 10, 2011.

Source: Marek Nikodem/Spaceweather
Mysterious Noctilucent Clouds Brighten Night Skies

NLC photographed near Dunluce Castle, Co. Antrim (North Coast), N. Ireland on July 9, 2011.

Source: Martin McKenna/Spaceweather
Mysterious Noctilucent Clouds Brighten Night Skies

NLC photographed in Hvidovre, Denmark on July 10, 2011.

Source: Mikael Johannesen/Spaceweather
Mysterious Noctilucent Clouds Brighten Night Skies

NLC captured in Dublin, Ireland on July 2, 2011.

Source: Benjamin Lawlor/Spaceweather
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