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Noctilucent clouds photographed from Edgware on 2005 June 14 22:00UT By the time I took this photo they had faded from their earlier strong white against a dark blue sky at about 10 deg. elevation. Such clouds were widely observed over Europe on this date. Konica Minolta Dimage D2 digital camera, 6s exposure


Noctilucent clouds photographed from Edgware on 2005 June 19 22:30UT. They appeared as a "luminous" blue curtain with darker, clear sky above and below. They faded over the next hour as the sun sank further below the horizon. Konica Minolta Dimage D2 digital camera, 6s exposure


Noctilucent clouds over a brightly-lit suburbia: Stag Lane, Edgware 2005 June 23 01:30UT. Konica Minolta Dimage D2 digital camera, 6s exposure