Mysterious, glowing clouds previously seen almost exclusively in Earth’s polar regions have appeared in the skies over the United States and Europe over the past several days.

Photographers and other sky watchers in Omaha, Paris, Seattle, and other locationshave run outside to capture images of what scientists call noctilucent (”night shining”) clouds. Formed by ice literally at the boundary where the earth’s atmosphere meets space 50 miles up, they shine because they are so high that they remain lit by the sun even after our star is below the horizon.

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Bron:Wired.com

Het is dus een soort van Aurora Borealis/poollicht, iemand iets gezien?
Zou het met de verschuiving van de magnetische polen te maken hebben die zogenaamd rond 2012 zou optreden?