Nacreous/Mother-of-pearl clouds

[Bryn]

On 2nd February 2016, after a quite vicious storm that had occurred, the sky was blessed with these rare beauties.

A spectacular sight that only ever happened once...

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

That's beautiful, Bryn. Nacreous, Mother of Pearl clouds. I have to look that up. Wow.

 

[Bryn]

I have to look that up.

Would've figured, given that they're so rare and not everyone has heard of them!

 

[JohnPD]

I'm repeating myself here: awesome! What a sight. Beautiful.

 

[David1701]

Technically, these are polar stratospheric clouds. They occur in very cold conditions and I've only ever seen them a couple of times.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Technically, these are polar stratospheric clouds. They occur in very cold conditions and I've only ever seen them a couple of times.

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Wow. These are gorgeous!