# Rare Electric Blue Clouds Observed by NASA Balloon NWb5SF8hFyE

On the cusp of our atmosphere live a thin group of seasonal electric blue clouds. Forming fifty miles above the poles in summer, these clouds are known as noctilucent clouds or polar mesospheric clouds — PMCs. A recent NASA long-duration balloon mission observed these clouds over the course of five days at their home in the mesosphere. The resulting photos, which scientists have just begun to analyze, will help us better understand turbulence in the atmosphere, as well as in oceans, lakes, and other planetary atmospheres, and may even improve weather forecasting.

For more information: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/nasa-balloon-mission-captures-electric-blue-clouds

Music credit: “In The End” By Andrew John Skeet \[PRS\], Andrew Michael Britton \[PRS\], David Stephen Goldsmith \[PRS\] from Killer Tracks

Credits: David Fritts (GATS): Scientist Joy Ng (USRA): Producer Mara Johnson-Groh (Wyle Information Systems): Writer Tom Bridgman (GST): Data Visualizer William Putman (NASA/GSFC): Data Visualizer

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- Kind: Short
- Year: 2018
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: NASA Goddard
- Genres: Space
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rare_Electric_Blue_Clouds_Observed_by_NASA_Balloon_NWb5SF8hFyE.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: NASA Goddard
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