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Timelapse: Noctilucent Clouds and Aurora Together in the Sky

Just in case you haven’t seen this bit of awesome yet: Noctilucent clouds and aurora showed up together in skies over Scotland on the night of August 4/5, 2013. Maciej Winiarczyk from the Caithness Astronomy Group was on hand to capture it.

Enjoy!

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