A grand display of noctilucent clouds, Alberta, Canada.


A grand display of noctilucent clouds on June 7-8, 2020 with the NLCs very bright to the northwest and north and early in the evening. The illumination dropped quickly to reduce the NLCs to a bright band low across the horizon and then to disappear. The clouds exhibit a tremendous amount of fine structure and wave patterns. Capella, usually present in NLC images, is just right of centre.


Size: 11700px × 2259px
Location: Alberta, Canada
Photo credit: © Alan Dyer/Stocktrek Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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