2011 Noctilucent Cloud Season

[rjgjr]

Great images, bet you're glad you looked out the window one more time!

[markt]

Excellent images!  I did look out for them but cloudy where I am...

[RN1]

Some great structure in this NCL, this hook shape was also photographed  from Wales from a different angle.

[paulster78]

Quick one before a few hours shut eye.

[markt]

Very nice Paul, I was looking just before bed around midnight and wondering, problem is from my light polluted, horizon restricted city scape it's difficult to be sure...

[Anton]

Thats cool Paul.

[brianb]

Quite a nice display last night, with the Sun so far north the NLC was noticeable even at local midnight. The best display seemed to be around 0115 - 0130 UT after which the brightening twilight robbed the NLC of its full splendour.

The main display here was just to the west of north, with no activity east of Capella. Time lapse images show the NLC moving at an apparently fairly slow rate from NE to SW. Three sample images:







Canon 40D, 17mm, ISO 400, various exposures (8 sec to 5 sec) at f/5.6 (evaluative auto exposure used)

[martinastro]

Paul, awesome image, it was really worth the effort going to the lake last night, the reflection is absolutely perfect, really love this image. Bet the atmosphere was amazing with the moon up too. Congrats on a great shoot. 

Brian, nice image, I was wondering what the view from the coast was like, wish I had been there.

A nice display on June 13th/14th visible from 01.01 - 02.15 BST, it was visible for longer than this but I called it a night at the latter. Type 3 brightness, 15 degs high, +100 degs in azimuth, NW to N sectors with subtle blue and pearly white colour. Very nice whirls, waves, knots, and bands on view. Great atmosphere standing in a field watching them creep below Capella while the golden near-full Moon illuminated the the land in it's soft warm light behind me.







I was gonna post a couple more but tinypic has me in a rage!!! 

[markt]

Great additions guys!  Pauls pics reflect the closest what I saw...

[paulster78]

Thanks all, a great little find this lake i must say and to think its only 10 miles away and last night was my first time there (shame on me).  The combination of moonlight, mist hanging over the water and the NLC made for a wonderful experience.   Heres a few more..

[rjgjr]

Wonderful images everyone, all I can do is dream about them!

[martinastro]

Those images are stunning Paul, it really is hard to top NLCs and reflections on water, top quality photography!. I really love the first and last images, I can see the craftmanship in the 11mm lens. Congats on a stunning night's shooting. We will definitely need to meet up sometime. 

[paulster78]

Two from the morning of the 16th June

[martinastro]

A few from last night at Toome bridge....

[markt]

Beautiful images!!!