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A short video about Caucasus mountains where the highest peak of Europe (Mt. Elbrus) is located:

Nothern mid-latitudes are the best place to observe noctilucent clouds, so sometimes I call my country (Belarus) "the land under noctilucent clouds" (we call them silver clouds). So below there is a short timelapse video about silver (noctilucent) clouds about my land: https://vimeo.com/73...

The season of noctilucent clouds is open! Bright noctilucent clouds were observed over Minsk (Belarus) during all the night 01.06-02.06. http://s22.postimg.org/z5cj7ta35/1_C9_A065.jpg Nothern mid-latitudes are the best place to observe this phenomenon, so sometimes I call my country "the land u...

One of the most beautiful natural phenomena are misterious noctilucent clouds (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctilucent_cloud). These night clouds appear only few times in the summer at very high altitude - about 80 km! Due to this they are illuminated by direct solar rays and seem to a ground observer emi...