Sunday, August 7, 2022

Noctilucent Clouds

Noctilucent clouds, also called night-shining clouds, are thin clouds high up in Earth's atmosphere – the mesosphere – as much as 50 miles above Earth's surface. They are made of ice crystals that form on fine dust particles from meteors.

Still remember the moment when I unwillingly made this shot.

We finished our sunset shooting around 11:30pm. Stopped by a gas station for hot chocolate because I was totally freezing. The next thing I learned was we were not going back to the hotel. Instead, we'd be driving over an hour to the sunrise location. Sunrise was a little after 4am. We parked our car at this location hoping to take a nap. It was windy, cold outside, and we were all exhausted. Then I heard someone running around grabbing his cameras, for these rare clouds. I really didn't want to get out of the car... but I did, unwillingly.

You know the rest of the story. Take another look at the photo -- not because it's good, but because it takes strong will to produce.   

Faroe Islands
July 29, 2022 
3:28am


 

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