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Community photo entitled Noctilucent clouds over the Salish Sea by EZ Lorenz on 06/07/2025 at Edmonds, WA

Noctilucent clouds over the Salish Sea

On 06/07/2025 11:00 pm by EZ Lorenz | Website | Edmonds, WA

The first display of noctilucent - night shining- clouds this season at my location.
I have a fascination with these rare, very high-altitude noctilucent or night shining clouds (NLC) hanging at the EDGE of space with an electric blue glow, can’t be mistaken when these beautiful luminous blue-white tendrils are spreading across the sky.
They can’t be predicted like Auroras can.

They’re composed of very small water ice crystals formed on minute particles of dust, possibly of cosmic origin from micrometeors. They are visible in the northern hemisphere at latitudes between 45˚and 65˚north, and occur after sunset or before sunrise from mid June to the end of July here at our latitude (47°). The displays here are usually much closer to the horizon, than at more northerly latitudes.

Edmonds, WA
June 07, 2025 - around 11PM

Canon 5dm4, EF 28-300mm f3.5-5.6

Basic editing in Lightroom Classic