AIM spacecraft returns first views of noctilucent clouds
NASA's Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) spacecraft has returned its first images of noctilucent clouds - wispy accumulations of what is believed to be ice crystals that form in summer at altitudes of about 50 miles over the polar regions. First spotted from the ground this year on June 6, in...
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