Benjamin Knispel
@benknispel@chaos.social
Promovierter Physiker, Max-Planck-Institut-Öffentlichkeitsarbeiter, ehemaliger Einstein@Home-Radioastronom in Hannovers Umland PhD in Physics, Max Planck Institute Press & Outreach Officer, former Einstein@Home radio astronomer in and around Hannover, Germany
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Last night, there was a fine display of noctilucent clouds (NLC), seen here from Wedemark, north of Hannover, Germany. NLC are highest clouds on our beautiful home planet.
They are at a height of about 82 km, almost at the edge of space, and consist of tiny ice crystals. They can only be seen during our summer months, around midnight, toward the northern horizon. And if you ask me, they are just beautiful.
We may see them again in the coming weeks.
#NoctilucentClouds #NLC #Photography #Nature
