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How to draw noctilucent clouds. Web noctilucent clouds draw their name from the fact that they appear in the twilight hour just after sundown. Web noctilucent clouds (nlcs) are the highest and most enigmatic of our planet's cloud forms. They usually appear luminous blue or white, but can be other colors.

Make sure not to draw too darkly. Here we explore the strange clouds in more detail. They are the highest clouds, forming in the mesophere between 76 to 85 km (249,000 to 279,000 ft).

Noctilucent clouds are extremely rare collections of ice crystals, occasionally appearing in late clear summer evenings after sunset, but before it gets completely dark. Using 400 iso gives good results. Here's how to photograph them.

Web when and where are they visible. Sketch out your clouds with pencil. Noctilucent clouds are rare meteorological phenomena for a reason.

The good news is nlc are plainly visible to the naked eye. Find out how to see them for yourself. When viewed from space, they are called polar mesospheric clouds (pmcs) , detectable as a diffuse scattering layer of water ice crystals near the summer polar mesopause.

The best period to see noctilucent clouds is a few weeks before and after the summer solstice. They don’t even need to be complete. The strict conditions necessary for their development only occur at certain latitudes & during specific times of the year.