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Originally posted on Spaceweather.com:
May 28, 2020: On May 17th, NASA’s AIM spacecraft detected the first noctilucent clouds (NLCs) of summer. Those first electric-blue smudges were barely visible. Since then, however, the clouds have rapidly intensified. Recent images from orbit show a growing bank of NLCs pinwheeling just inside the Arctic Circle: NLCs are…

Originally posted on Spaceweather.com:
May 20, 2020: NASA’s AIM spacecraft has detected a noctilucent cloud (NLC) inside the Arctic Circle–the first of the 2020 summer season. It is the blue puff in this satellite image of the North Pole: The detection on May 17th marks one of the earliest starts in the 14 year…