A superb or “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 extending up at least 20° in altitude. This was about 11:20 pm MDT. The Sun was 10° below the horizon when I shot this. The illumination dropped quickly after I shot this 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. This is a panorama of 12 segments, each with the 85mm Rokinon lens at f/2 and the Canon 6D MkII at ISO 100 and oriented vertically (portrait) for 1 second each. The size of the original panorama is 31,800 x 6100 pixels. Stitched with PTGui.
A 100° panorama of noctilucent clouds seen the night of June 1-2, 2020, first at dusk and then later, here, at dawn at about 3:15 a.m. MDT. This was from home in southern Alberta at latitude 51° N. This was the earliest in the season I had ever seen NLCs; they are more prevalent after summer solstice. Dark nearby weather clouds are silhouetted in front of the NLCs, which are at a height of some 80 km above the Earth near the edge of space. Note the north-south wavy structure and east-west herringbone patterns. Capella is near centre just above the edge of the NLCs. This is a 7-section panorama with the 85mm Rokinon lens and Canon 6D MkII camera, for 3.2 seconds each at f/2.8 and ISO 400. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw.
A 45° panorama of noctilucent clouds seen the night of June 1-2, 2020, first at dusk and then later, here, at dawn at about 3:15 a.m. MDT. This was from home in southern Alberta at latitude 51° N. This was the earliest in the season I had ever seen NLCs; they are more prevalent after summer solstice. Dark nearby weather clouds are silhouetted in front of the NLCs, which are at a height of some 80 km above the Earth near the edge of space. Note the north-south wavy structure and east-west herringbone patterns. Capella is at right of centre. This is a 4-section panorama with the 85mm Rokinon lens and Canon 6D MkII camera, for 3.2 seconds each at f/2.8 and ISO 400. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw.
