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  • Location: Maidstone, Kent
  • Location: Maidstone, Kent
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I had my first ever sighting of this rare phenomenon last night. They were viewable from at least 22:00 GMT (when i first spotted them) but they had completely vanished by 22:15 GMT. Still i managed to get a couple of shots to my north-northwest.

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Posted
  • Location: East Devon
  • Location: East Devon
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Nicely captured there :) First sighting then just like mine from early yesterday morning.

unfortunately some thick cirrostratus cloud spread in at just the wrong time down here last night.

Posted
  • Location: Coleraine,Macosquin,County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
  • Location: Coleraine,Macosquin,County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
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surprisingly we would be still bright at 22:15 and wouldnt get dark to around 23:00 , which is quite funny due to the short distance betweeen here and kent.

Posted
  • Location: Ashford, Kent
  • Weather Preferences: Anything
  • Location: Ashford, Kent
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Excellent! Saw this myself last night walking back from the pub. Not too common this far south.

Posted
  • Location: Maidstone, Kent
  • Location: Maidstone, Kent
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surprisingly we would be still bright at 22:15 and wouldnt get dark to around 23:00 , which is quite funny due to the short distance betweeen here and kent.

Just to clarify, it was 22:00 GMT, i.e. 23:00 BST :lol:

But yes I have noticed a big difference between sunlight in Kent and the Isle of Skye on summer evenings :rolleyes:

Posted
  • Location: South Shields Tyne & Wear half mile from the coast.
  • Location: South Shields Tyne & Wear half mile from the coast.
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To much cloud cover up here to see any NCL's last night but pretty good display you had down yours MW well captured.

There are a couple of theories on why NCL are on the increase and sightings as far south as 40 degrees are being observed.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/03/noctilucent_clouds/

Posted
  • Location: Weston-S-Mare North Somerset
  • Weather Preferences: Hot sunny , cold and snowy, thunderstorms
  • Location: Weston-S-Mare North Somerset
Posted

Rare sight indeed. Well captured

Posted
  • Location: Solihull, West Midlands. UK
  • Location: Solihull, West Midlands. UK
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Third time lucky as they say, well here's some from this morning (and I mean EARLY morning!)

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Taken at 02:59am

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Taken at 03:06am

And another with a crescent Moon thrown in for good measure... :D

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Taken at 03:23am

Have to admit that these are better than my last two efforts. Problem with living in the middle of a town is that you don't get the full effects unlike some of the more rural shots I've seen on here.

Phil.

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