Noctilucent Clouds as seen from the ISS

[Mike]

http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?s=space&c=&l=on&pic=080901-night-cloud-02.jpg&cap=Polar+Mesospheric+Clouds+%28also+known+as+noctilucent+clouds%29+are+transient%2C+upper+atmospheric+phenomena+observed+usually+in+the+summer+months+at+high+latitudes+%28greater+than+50+degrees%29+of+both+the+Northern+and+Southern+Hemispheres.+This+image+was+acquired+at+an+altitude+of+just+over+200+miles+in+the+pre-dawn+hours+of+July+22%2C+2008+as+the+International+Space+Station+was+passing+over+western+Mongolia+in+central+Asia.+Credit%3A+NASA

[Ian]

and the second prize in the longest link ever posted on a forum goes to...

[Mike]

'tis rather long isn't it

[JohnP]

566 characters........

bbut put it through www.tinyurl.com & it becomes 25......

http://tinyurl.com/6mnqqn

john