Alastair Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Does anyone remember the strange nacreous cloud formations seen over Sheffield in February 1996? They were the very high level ones with all sorts of mother of pearl pastel colours in them. I remember that photos were sold at the time in local photography shops and I think also by The Star, but I can't find a photo online anywhere except for this rather poor one - http://www.saqqara.demon.co.uk/atmos01.htm Does anyone have a better photo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimboin Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 no i wish i had but great pictures, keep it up mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 I remember them quite well Alastair although I'm afraid I don't have any photos. I understood at the time that the beautiful colours and mother of pearl effect were due to particles of ice in the clouds refracting sunlight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. Woodward Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Does anyone remember the strange nacreous cloud formations seen over Sheffield in February 1996? They were the very high level ones with all sorts of mother of pearl pastel colours in them. I remember that photos were sold at the time in local photography shops and I think also by The Star, but I can't find a photo online anywhere except for this rather poor one - http://www.saqqara.demon.co.uk/atmos01.htm Does anyone have a better photo? Stunning pics them Alastair thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastair Posted June 16, 2009 Author Share Posted June 16, 2009 They're not my pics, just some I found online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Hi Alastair - at home I have some photos that I took from Wadsley, showing the nacreous clouds in the west over Bradfield. I'm on holiday in Devon at present but when I'm home at the weekend I'll see if I can find them and upload them to Photobucket. I also have a postcard that was published locally at the time; I think by Hedgerow Publishing. Here is an image from the Hedgerow online library: http://www.hedgerow.co.uk/image.php?type=general&searchstring=clouds&imgid=17124 I remember seeing the colours in the sky as I came home from work on a 14 bus - nobody on the bus knew the explanation and we couldn't understand how a "rainbow" could be in that location! Some pictures were shown on BBC's "Look North" program and a weather expert explained what nacreous clouds are, and how rarely they are seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badwolf Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 I'm sure I've seen some postcards of this recently for sale. Could have been in either WH Smiths, the card shop on Fargate or GT News on The Moor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Here are the three photos I took from Wadsley: http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u219/twigmore/Nacreous1.jpg http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u219/twigmore/Nacreous2.jpg http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u219/twigmore/Nacreous3.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanerothyme Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 I took one from Hull where it was clearly visible in the western sky, but no prints. Gonna try and find my negs of it, stunning stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splodgeyAl Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 They're not my pics, just some I found online. Great pix, nevertheless! Love the Chimney Pot of Gold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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