Of 4th of July Space Station Flybys and Noctilucent Clouds

From Spaceweather:

NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS: Last night, a bank of rippling electric-blue noctilucent clouds spilled across the Canadian border into the lower United States. In doing so, the glowing clouds made the farthest excursion of the year away from their usual polar realm.  Reports of bright NLCs are coming in from Oregon, Washington, Montana, Minnesota, South Dakota and elsewhere.  Visit http://spaceweather.com for images and observing tips.

4TH OF JULY SKY SHOW: Perfectly timed for the 4th of July holiday weekend, the International Space Station is making a series of evening flybys over the USA. The bright spaceship can be seen even through fireworks.  You can turn your cell phone into an ISS tracker by downloading our Simple Flybys app:  http://simpleflybys.com .  Or check the Simple Satellite Tracker for web-based predictions: http://spaceweather.com/flybys .

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3 Comments

  1. APX says:

    Hmm, I thought our sky looked a lot more “living” last night at work, but I thought nothing of it. I probably mistake a lot of these cool solar things for just normal Saskatchewan skies.

  2. Frank H says:

    While in downtown Columbus, OH, last night we were thrilled to see the Space Station fly-by about ten minutes before the fireworks started. There’s a cool iPhone app called “FlyBy” that alerts you to such things.

  3. Frank H says:

    Oops! Guess I posted to quickly, as Fr already mentioned the iPhone app!

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