This early morning, on 3rd July 2025, the bright NLCs appeared over Central Europe. I found a great spot by Proseč u Seče, Czech Republic. When I started shooting, I found out that cows are close… and a bull too. I was pretty scared of the bull, as he seemed very aggressive, but I managed…
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The Noctilucent Clouds (NLC) season 2024 is underway on the north of Earth. Caused by dust particles (containing meteor dust) and ice high in the mesosphere, they become visible only at dusk and dawn when scattering light of our sun located 6-16 degrees below the horizon. Yesterday, on 23 June 2024, I enjoyed this epic…
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Despite the high solar activity, which causes less visible Noctilucent Clouds than in other years, a beautiful ones appeared in the Czech Republic on 13 June 2024. I was lucky to see them through partially cloudy sky over the Seč Lake just during the dusk. Used Canon Ra, Sigma 50mm, f1.4, ISO 1600 (single shots…
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30th July 2020 Comet NEOWISE, unfortunately, flies definitely away from us. Meaning its brightness rapidly drops down and its visibility is below naked eye threshold. But still, it is beautiful in telescopes. Bright “head”, greenish in camera, followed by both tails, can be seen even along with some dim galaxies in Coma Berenices (Hairs of…
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What a thrilling Noctilucent Clouds sighting today, 5th July 2020! When enjoying Full Moon rising over Kuneticka hora, me and my friend Josef Kujal noticed NLCs structures just in zenith and not believed this was happening. The NLCs covered the whole sky by fine nets of an incredibly huge complex of the mesospheric clouds. This…
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When someone says or you hear “Noctilucent clouds over the Czech Republic”, you barely expect something like this. Just one big WOW! This NLC display on 21st June, 2019, late night, overcame all my experiences of last 11 years of NLC observation from the Czech Republic (central Europe, 50 deg. north)! They became visible just…
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The year 2019 is obviously the best in decades to see and enjoy electric blue Noctilucent Clouds all around the world. Seems most of all it is influented by low solar activity but also by meteor dust seeding the upper atmosphere. NLCs are now observable from mid to (even) low latitudes around Asia, Europe and…
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