July 22 10:10
On the night of July 22, rare silver clouds could be seen above the Krasnoyarsk and other cities of Siberia. Amateur astronomers shared the pictures in the Astroalert community.
Unusual luminous clouds usually appear in the summer, the highest probability of their observation is just in July. In this Silver clouds Noticed in the sky over the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Novosibirsk, Novokuznetsk and other cities.
As explained on the website of the Moscow Planetarium, these The clouds are formed in the mesosphere (at an altitude of 70-95 km), therefore, are considered the highest. At dusk, the sun illuminates them, shallowly dropped under the horizon. The phenomenon is also called polar mesospheric clouds or night luminous clouds.
Links on the topic:
- Krasnoyarsk residents are divided by pictures of nightly polar radiance
- In July, Krasnoyarsk residents will be able to see the Deer Moon and Starfall
