Mystery of Night Shining Clouds – Another Global Warming Change?

"It is clear that these clouds are changing, a sign that a part of our atmosphere is changing and we do not understand how, why or what it means."

- James Russell, III, Principal Investigator, AIM Satellite, Hampton University, Hampton, Va.

This AIM satellite image taken on June 15, 2007, in Budapest, Hungary, shows one of the first ground sightings of noctilucent clouds in the 2007 season. Image © 2007 by Veres Viktor.

The NASA Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere ( AIM) satellite has captured the first occurrence in the 2007 summer of mysterious shiny polar clouds called "noctilucent clouds" that form 50 miles above Earth’s surface. AIM satellite image courtesy NASA. — The NASA Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) satellite has captured the first occurrence in the 2007 summer of mysterious shiny polar clouds called "noctilucent clouds" that form 50 miles above Earth’s surface. AIM satellite image courtesy NASA.

July 11, 2007 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland - "The first observations of these 'night-shining' clouds by the satellite, AIM, which means Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, occurred above 70 degrees north latitude on May 25, 2007. People on the ground began seeing the clouds on June 6, 2007, over Northern Europe. AIM is the first satellite mission dedicated to the study of these unusual clouds.

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