Noctilucent clouds, or night shining clouds, are tenuous cloud-like phenomena in the upper atmosphere of Earth. They consist of ice crystals and are only visible during astronomical twilight. Noctilucent roughly means "night shining" in Latin.
Comet NEOWISE and the formation of noctilucent clouds taken on 11th July 2020 in the hours from 2am to 4am
In August 2023 I appeared on BBC Breakfast TV for the blue moon. Later that day I was on the BBC World Service
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