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What Do You Think About Nacreous Clouds?

From the lens A Guide to Rare Nacreous Clouds (Polar Stratospheric clouds).

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Photograph by: Ken Klassy, National Science Foundation.
Courtesy of United States Antarctica Program

  • KReneeC Mar 26, 2012 @ 2:11 pm | delete
    How very fascinating
  • coolgrey Nov 7, 2011 @ 10:03 am | delete
    Interesting and informative backed up by beautiful photography. I love your site. Cheers!
  • DavidDove Sep 1, 2011 @ 2:24 am | delete
    other-worldly, thank you
  • Papier Aug 11, 2011 @ 5:12 pm | delete
    stunning and scary
  • spa-products Apr 22, 2011 @ 3:36 pm | delete
    Wish they were good for the environment cause they are quite beautiful
  • Tipi Apr 19, 2011 @ 10:16 pm | delete
    How sad to learn that the beautiful Nacreous clouds are harmful to the ozone layer. Still, they are amazing!
  • blackspanielgallery Apr 17, 2011 @ 4:22 pm | delete
    These are also noctilucent clouds.
  • sorana Apr 15, 2011 @ 6:26 am | delete
    Just beautiful.
  • ritika Mar 2, 2011 @ 11:52 pm | delete
    Lenticular Clouds are lens-shaped clouds, and are usually formed at a very high altitude. The lens shape of the cloud is often mistaken by people as a ?UFO' or unidentified flying object.
    http://www.whatisguide.net/0201-lenticular-clouds.html
  • suziedsouza Mar 2, 2011 @ 11:29 pm | delete
    Lenticular Clouds are lens-shaped clouds, and are usually formed at a very high altitude. The lens shape of the cloud are often mistaken by people as a ?UFO' or unidentified flying object.
  • Brick_House_Fabrics Dec 31, 2010 @ 2:47 pm | delete
    Would love to see them!
  • burgessvillian Aug 23, 2010 @ 4:12 pm | delete
    Awesome pictures. Just learned something new again. I never knew of these clouds before. Thumbs up.
  • JenOfChicago Aug 9, 2010 @ 1:16 pm | delete
    Gorgeous photos! Blessed by a squidangel
  • kimmanleyort Aug 5, 2010 @ 8:52 am | delete
    Another very interesting and beautiful lens. I think Dom has a good point - cloud art?
  • prosperity66 Aug 3, 2010 @ 12:52 pm | delete
    I think they're beautiful and would look amazingly wonderful on my office walls! They look so quiet and delicate... Oh well, you know now that I love clouds ;)
  • callinsky Aug 3, 2010 @ 8:31 am | delete
    Beautiful lens as always, Lucy. I wasn't aware of the damage to the ozone either. Very interesting and scary at the same time.
  • SacredCynWear Aug 3, 2010 @ 3:13 am | delete
    Wow, this was a very interesting read. Who know that clouds could be so destructive. They are quite beautiful. This is a great lens, I love learning something new!
  • WendyKrick Aug 2, 2010 @ 9:07 pm | delete
    Beautiful Lens.
  • WordCustard Aug 2, 2010 @ 2:26 am | delete
    They look so beautiful, I never would have known about the threat they pose to the ozone layer. I love all of your 'natural wonders' series, we're lucky to have such informative and appealing guides to the natural phenomena around us.

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