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NASA astronaut showed pictures of rare clouds

Астронавт NASA показал фото редких облаковIn the picture you can see noctilucent clouds.

Astronaut posted a photo of a rare cloud from the ISS Commander 48 of the ISS crew Jeff Williams on his Twitter page, shared the spectacular noctilucent clouds – the highest clouds in the Earth’s atmosphere.

In the caption to the photo, Williams tweeted: “impressively mysterious! Finally a great view of the rare noctilucent clouds”. Noctilucent (night shining clouds) – sparse clouds, which are formed at a height of 76 to 85 kilometers above the Earth’s surface.

According to some scholars, they are a sign of global warming, other scholars associate them with space dust.

Астронавт NASA показал фото редких облаков

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