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.
A 40° panorama of noctilucent clouds seen the night of June 1-2, 2020, first at dusk, seen here at 11:40 pm MDT, and then later 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 wavy structure. Capella is at left of centre at the top of the frame. Moonlight from the waxing gibbous Moon provides the foreground illumination. 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.
