Alexandria Johnson does hard science on the most nebulous of subjects: clouds. As an atmospheric scientist and assistant professor of practice in Purdue University’s College of Science, she studies ...
On June 18, 2024, a brilliant display of Noctilucent clouds was seen in Lithuania. The clouds, also called "electric blue clouds," are formed approximately 50 miles above the Earth's surface, nearly ...
This wide-angle view, taken from near Duluth, Minnesota at 10:50 p.m. CDT on Friday, shows how close to the north-northwestern horizon noctilucent clouds often appear from northern U.S. latitudes. The ...
"About 45 minutes before sunrise this cold morning after a storm front moved through the area, these clouds appeared which looked very similar to NLCs," Griffith told Spaceweather.com. "I've seen NLCs ...