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Post by reckless on Jun 30, 2007 0:38:07 GMT
Beautiful NLCs in the Scottish Highlands tonight. First I have seen this season. Images below looking from NW -> ENE taken at 0100h UT on 300607. These NLCs were rated as 4 on the brightness-scale. NLC forms: all types were visible here I, II, III, and IV. Maximum elevation was about 50°. Eric  Panoramic View from North West through to East North East Due North East North East |
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Post by thickasaplanck on Jun 30, 2007 0:47:10 GMT
I think i may have just photographed a sun pillar rising from the horizon amongst noctilucent clouds. Am not sure how to post photos on this forum though!
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Post by thundergod on Jun 30, 2007 7:28:47 GMT
Upload to photobucket or whatever provider you use and then copy and paste the image code on here.
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Post by markt on Jun 30, 2007 7:39:43 GMT
Am not sure how to post photos on this forum though! Make sure you also resize the image so it is no more than 800pixels wide too, else it stretches the forum page... I use tinypic.com to upload my images  |
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Post by reckless on Jun 30, 2007 10:21:56 GMT
Report details and new images added after a good night's sleep!
Eric
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Post by martinastro on Jun 30, 2007 11:12:48 GMT
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Post by astronick on Jun 30, 2007 13:24:49 GMT
Very nice captures, particularly those first ones Eric which are really expansive. I saw a display last night but due to immense tiredness only photographed them from my landing window which makes the images a bit poor. Although judged against the lights of my town these were moderately bright with some structural detail seen, particularly in two brightish bands to the west of Capella.  |
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Post by epoksids on Jun 30, 2007 13:42:22 GMT
Very huge NLC was seen from Riga. It covered large area (Azi 315 - 040). Very bright and beautiful. Observed it in binocular (lots of detail). Some images can be found here . (12 pcs) - [edit: now this link should work) |
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Post by martinastro on Jun 30, 2007 17:33:26 GMT
Those are wonderful images everyone. The display I seen from here didn't even touch on those! Sky looks nice and clear for tonight. |
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Post by Oscar van der Velde on Jul 2, 2007 15:23:28 GMT
In the morning of Saturday June 30th I observed very nice noctilucent clouds from Toulouse, southern France (!) The display was pretty good and became easily visible even to beyond the 28mm lens field of view (on full frame) after 3:22 UT to over the zenith somewhat later... although much more diffuse. At 3:45 UT I noticed some patterns in very low contrast to the other side of the sun. No cirrus was present when it became day (only much later). I have made a photo series including some modest timelapses, but right now I am coping with a harddisk/boot problem that I need to fix. Expect the images tomorrow or later this week on my website I just saw that beautiful NLC were also seen the same morning from Portugal, see spaceweather.com/nlcs/gallery2007_page6.htmCertainly appears to have been a major NLC event! cheers, Oscar van der Velde www.lightningwizard.com |
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Post by tmcewan on Jul 2, 2007 18:19:57 GMT
Hi Oscar,
I caught this NLC too from Scotland but from here it seemed to be a fairly average NLC. However, I've just noticed that it was observed from Portugal and if I've identified the location correctly the latitude would be 38.5N. I've never heard of NLC being observed that far south from Europe. Makes me wonder if it could have been visible from North Africa - Northern Tunisia is 37.2N, for instance.
Tom
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Post by martinastro on Jul 2, 2007 21:33:43 GMT
Thanks for the detailed report Oscar. That sounded like a beauty.
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Post by Oscar van der Velde on Jul 4, 2007 12:05:32 GMT
I have posted the photo series to the Aurora & Noctilucent Clouds gallery on my website: www.lightningwizard.com/AurNLC.php Two short animations will be added a bit later (one a bit contrast enhanced... shows also small whirls, type IVa if I'm not mistaken). You have to excuse me for the slight horizon tilt (ah those early mornings...) The cropped composition involved with straightening usually annoys me even more than the tilt itself, so I left it this way  Enjoy! Oscar |
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Post by martinastro on Jul 4, 2007 15:43:31 GMT
Those are outstanding images! Would you mind if I added your link to my website?
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