Noctilucent clouds

August brings noctilucent clouds

A summer with absolutely no noctilucent clouds in July! The few nights with clear skies passed with little sign of them. The other nights were more or less…


Noctilucent clouds

Noctilucent clouds

First night of August and the first noctilucent clouds of the summer - at least the first good ones! There have been some fine veils and wisps in between the…


Iridescent cloud

Iridescent clouds

Despite a very cold winter, there has been no nacreous clouds this winter. This is the only display that's coming close. Alas, it's not nacreous. The sun is…


Roraima thunderstorms

Roraima thunderstorms

The view from the camp site, or "hotel", atop Roraima was awesome. I was well protected from the elements in the cave, and could watch nature in all it's ways…


Iridescent clouds

Iridescent clouds

This was the end of the first day of a week long trek to the top of Roraima, the highest (2723 m) table mountain (Tepui) in Venezuela, and what a start! The…


Einer (Juniperus communis)

Einer (Juniperus communis)

Einer (Juniperus communis) vokser overalt, men sees desverre sjeldent som virkelig store individ på opptil 10 meter eller høyere som eineren kan vokse til om…


Noctilucent clouds

The best noctilucent show of the season?

Tonight's Noctilucent cloud show was fast moving, bright and spectacular. Watching it is one thing, but a time-lapse of many hundreds of exposures is a totally…


Noctilucent clouds

A glimpse of noctilucent clouds

After more than a week of cloud cover, tonight started with a very bright and widespread display of NLCs. It was far south on the sky and ranged all the way to…


Noctilucent clouds

First strong noctilucent clouds of the summer

Finally a strong display of NLCs! After a heavy thunderstorm the clouds slowly dissipated and revealed NLCs. They were mostly ripples this time - like sand in…


Noctilucent clouds

First noctilucent clouds of the summer

First decent display of the season, but as it's very close to the solstice the sky is very bright throughout the night and thus the NLCs are not as prominent…