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Shining Noctilucent Clouds

Caption: NASA's Aeronomy In the Mesosphere mission captures images like this of shining noctilucent clouds, also known as polar mesospheric clouds, which hover over Earth's poles in summertime.

Credit: Credit: NASA/AIM

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