{"id":2726,"date":"2013-06-10T19:22:37","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T19:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2726"},"modified":"2013-06-10T19:22:37","modified_gmt":"2013-06-10T19:22:37","slug":"sciencecast-early-start-for-noctilucent-clouds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2726","title":{"rendered":"ScienceCast: Early start for noctilucent clouds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest NASA ScienceCast reports on <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Noctilucent_cloud\" target=\"_d\">noctilucent clouds<\/a>, which are formed at very high altitudes (75 to 85 km) from water vapor condensing onto dust grains that apparently come from meteors: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Glowing electric-blue at the edge of space, noctilucent clouds have surprised researchers by appearing early this year. The unexpected apparition hints at a change in the &#8220;teleconnections&#8221; of Earth&#8217;s atmosphere<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5EhsIN6BMyk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest NASA ScienceCast reports on noctilucent clouds, which are formed at very high altitudes (75 to 85 km) from water vapor condensing onto dust grains that apparently come from meteors: Glowing electric-blue at the edge of space, noctilucent clouds have surprised researchers by appearing early this year. The unexpected apparition hints at a change &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2726\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ScienceCast: Early start for noctilucent clouds<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology","category-space-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-HY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25075,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=25075","url_meta":{"origin":2726,"position":0},"title":"Night sky highlights for June 2022","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 1, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"** What's Up: June 2022 Skywatching Tips from NASA - NASA JPL What are some skywatching highlights in June 2022? 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