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Noctilucent clouds moving south - who knows why?
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/4cc29c0a-16d5-4345-8be4-41a1d285cffd/9464AB23-88EB-4B06-8F27-40FE330C032D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://spaceweather.com/" href="http://spaceweather.com/" style="font-size: 11px;">spaceweather.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spaceweather.com/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/spaceweather.com/img/2BA8BCCF-6B62-4272-B535-329A082FAC60" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spaceweather.com/"><P><FONT size="3"><STRONG><FONT color="#ff0000">PERSIAN CLOUDS: </FONT></STRONG></FONT>Noctilucent clouds (NLCs) are supposed to be a high-latitude phenomenon, most often seen in Canada, Russia and northern Europe. On July 19th the electric-blue clouds crept south, all the way to Iran:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spaceweather.com/"><P>When noctilucent clouds first appeared in the late 19th century, they were confined to latitudes above 50<SUP>o</SUP> N. Mt Salaban is located at 38<SUP>o</SUP> N, far below the old threshold. Just last week, NLCs were sighted <A href="http://spaceweather.com/submissions/large_image_popup.php?image_name=TunAs-Tezel-20080713Nlc_1215955984.jpg">in Turkey</A> at 40<SUP>o </SUP>N and in recent years they have appeared at least as far south in the United States as Colorado and Utah, also around 40<SUP>o </SUP>N.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spaceweather.com/"><P>Why are NLCs spreading south? That is an unsolved mystery of these <A href="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/19feb_nlc.htm">puzzling clouds</A>. Some researchers believe it is a <A href="http://www.uaf.edu/news/a_news/20070817155816.html">telltale sign</A> of climate change, but this remains controversial. One thing is certain: Sky watchers at all latitudes should be alert for for NLCs. Observing tips may be found in the photo gallery:</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/9464AB23-88EB-4B06-8F27-40FE330C032D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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