Noctilucent Clouds

MarkS · Jul 03, 2009, 23:30:55

From my back garden in Sidcup on Friday 3 July at approx 11pm BST
I have a whole sequence of images taken between 10:45pm and 11:15pm BST

Nikon D70 with 55mm lens at F4.5
Exposure of 6sec at ISO 200

The cloud formation was approx 15deg above the horizon in the NW

Mark

RobertM · Jul 03, 2009, 23:38:36

Nice one!

Rick · Jul 04, 2009, 00:04:21

Good shot, Mark. I saw them as I was driving home from Gravesend, but they seemed to have faded a bit by the time I got home, and my camera's not quite up to catching them.

Ian · Jul 04, 2009, 00:05:58

nah, that's not Sidcup, there's a palm tree on the left hand side...

nice one

Rocket Pooch · Jul 04, 2009, 08:23:11

Excellent!

The Thing · Jul 04, 2009, 14:05:10

In the right place at the right time and with a camera. No surprise there.

Super pic.

Fay · Jul 04, 2009, 16:47:03

Like it Mark!

MarkS · Jul 24, 2009, 00:19:54

Finally I've got around to creating an animated version of the noctilucent clouds seen from my back garden 3 weeks ago.

This animation covers the half hour period from 22:45-23:15 BST (3 July 2009).

Thumbnail:

Larger version (2 Mbytes): http://gallery.orpington-astronomy.org.uk/albums/userpics/10046/noct.gif

Mark

Rick · Jul 24, 2009, 00:34:38

Excellent, Mark. Did you have the camera running in some sort of time-lapse mode?

MarkS · Jul 24, 2009, 00:40:15

No. I simply stood there for half an hour taking a frame every minute or so. I have no time-lapse mode on my Nikon

Mac · Jul 24, 2009, 06:28:24

QuoteI have no time-lapse mode on my Nikon

did your camera not come with nikon capture?
that has a time lapse feature if i remember correctly.

MarkS · Jul 24, 2009, 07:35:21

Quote from: Mac
did your camera not come with nikon capture?
that has a time lapse feature if i remember correctly.

Good thinking - I'll look into that.

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