EarthSky News - May 9 - Night-Shining Clouds

May 9 Night-Shining Clouds by:

Thank you all for a magnificent annual fund-raiser! In case you haven't heard, EarthSky exceeded its 2017 fund-rasing goal. Heartfelt thanks to all of you for visiting our website and for helping to keep EarthSky going. We love you all. Video teaser: Noctilucent cloud season Noctilucent clouds - aka night-shining clouds - can be seen at high latitudes in summer, typically beginning for northern latitudes in late May. French photographer Adrien Mauduit in Denmark assembled his best 2016 photos into a wondrous video. Tonight … Almost-full moon   Tonight's moon might look full to you, but full moon comes tomorrow at 21:42 UTC; translate to your time zone. What we learned from Asteroid 2014 JO25 This article from NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies provides fresh details on the closest approach by a large asteroid since 2004 ... and shows you how science works.

EarthSky Lunar Calendars are on sale 50% OFF A unique and beautiful poster-sized calendar. Keep up with all phases of the moon every night of the year. Only about 100 left in stock, get them while you can!

Almost-full moon    Here's last night's moon - May 8, 2017 - via Jean Marie André Delaporte in Normandy, France. He caught this photo with his smartphone at the eyepiece of a 12-inch Dobsonian telescope.

Noctilucent cloud season is coming Photo by Adrien Mauduit. See the video, and watch these clouds - also known as night-shining clouds - shift and shimmer. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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