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Mystery lights in space increasing, moving south, potential sign of global warming
sfgate.com ^ | Aug. 22, 2015 | Brandon M. Mercer

Posted on 08/23/2015 7:58:07 AM PDT by PROCON

Strange blue lights glowing on the edge of space first appeared over polar regions in 1885 and today, sightings are becoming increasingly common, and now the phenomenon is moving into lower latitudes including Northern California.

Like the proverbial canary in the coal mine, these glowing space clouds may be a celestial siren, warning of Earth's global warming, according to some scientists.

They're called "noctilucent clouds" or NLCs, basically, clouds that glow at night. They appear mainly in northern latitudes, about 50 miles above earth as miniscule droplets of water reflect the sun on the other side of the globe.

Now, they're moving father south.

"Public interest in noctilucent clouds is definitely growing as they spread to mid-latitudes," said SpaceWeather.com's Tony Phillips, who tracks the appearances and reports from astronomers.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Science; Weather; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: aliens; bs; climatechange; climatechangehoax; clouds; doomage; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; lights; mysterylights; noctilucentclouds
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To: cripplecreek
It's the Chinese, their stock market is tanking and they're trying
to summon a Dragon with lanterns.
81 posted on 08/23/2015 8:04:01 PM PDT by MaxMax (2008-Now, Obama's fault)
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To: PROCON

And here I thought that any moron knew that water droplets at 50 miles high were ice crystals, those are some smart guys the got working there.


82 posted on 08/28/2015 1:19:11 AM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: cripplecreek

You obviously don’t understand the global warming religion. Everything is an indication of global warming.


83 posted on 08/28/2015 9:04:27 PM PDT by kathsua (A woman can do anything a man can do and have babies besides;)
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