Noctilucent Clouds

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By stephen.bennett

July 3, 2011 at 10:57 pm

Stephen Bennett

Westmeath, Ireland

A Sony cybershot pocket camera.

Noctilucent Clouds and Capella. Taken at around 3am BST on the 3rd of July 2011.

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