A Met Office video explains seven rare cloud types - including noctilucent clouds as they’re sighted in the UK.

Their Latin name means "night shining" and the clouds usually appear as streaks of blue or silver. The Met Office describes ...

Parts of Alberta witnessed a spectacle early Friday morning as rare noctilucent clouds, also known as night-shining clouds, lit up the sky. These unique clouds are only visible on summer nights in ...

Noctilucent clouds literally take it to a different level. These clouds form in the third layer of the atmosphere, known as the mesosphere.

Striking displays of clouds which are mostly only seen in the summer months have been appearing in the skies over Northern Ireland in recent nights.

Noctilucent clouds occur at extremely high levels in what is known as the mesosphere - a layer in the atmosphere above where our regular clouds and weather systems live, about 76-85km high - on ...

Skywatchers across Darlington and County Durham were treated to a rare natural display over the weekend as noctilucent clouds appeared after sunset. Noctilucent clouds, also known as "night-shining" ...

What You Need To Know Another noctilucent cloud was visible over Tampa Bay on Friday morning These clouds form in the mesosphere located 30-50 miles above the surface Water vapor from the SpaceX ...

Unlike ordinary weather clouds, noctilucent clouds form roughly 50 miles (80 kilometers) above the Earth’s surface, in the mesosphere. This is nearly 43 miles (70 kilometers) higher than typical ...

Have you ever looked up at the sky and been struck speechless by a cloud so strange it seemed like a message from another world? ... Read more The post 13 Rare Cloud Formations and What They Mean ...

A rare cloud formation was seen across much of Canada and parts of Europe recently, but it’s unknown if it will happen again ...