Shining Noctilucent Clouds (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Shining Noctilucent Clouds

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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.

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Credit: NASA/AIM

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