Noctilucent Clouds. Credit: James Adams
An ocean view doesn’t get much better than this, thanks to these amazing noctilucent clouds overhead. This picture was taken by James Adams on the morning of July 3rd, 2011.
“I was looking at the NE horizon from the beach at Hayle in Cornwall UK. At about 3.00am I saw a brightening, and as the rain clouds dissipated I saw the unmistakable glow of noctilucent clouds rising behind them. I used a telephoto lens to get a better view. Although in the distance from my perspective, they still made for an impressive sight.”
Noctilucent clouds are cloud-like phenomena also known as polar mesospheric clouds. They are made of water ice crystals which become visible from the ground when illuminated by sunlight.
James used a Canon 5D mkII with 100-400mm lens, ISO 1600, 8 to 20 seconds exposure.
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