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May 30th, 2008

Cloud gazing

Posted by chrislintott in Mars, Times

This month’s Guide to the Night Sky is up over at the Times. I found myself getting increasingly interested in the topic of noctilucent (‘night shining’ clouds), so here’s the image of one made by the exhaust of the rocket that carried Phoenix to Mars.

800px-phoenix_mars_launch_cloud.jpg

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  1. R.L.DEEPTHI said,

    on June 7th, 2008 at 5:58 am

    very nice

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