NASA | Noctilucent Clouds

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The Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) mission will provide the first detailed exploration of Earth's unique and elusive noctilucent or night shining clouds that are found literally on the "edge of space." Located near the top of the Earth's mesosphere (the region just above the stratosphere), very little is known about how these polar mesospheric clouds form or why they vary. They are being seen at lower latitudes than ever before and have been growing brighter and more frequent, leading some scientists to suggest that this recent increase may be the direct result of human-induced climate change. The mission is led by Dr. James Russell of the Center for Atmospheric Sciences at Hampton University.

Music by The Chromatics:
http://www.thechromatics.com/

For more info:
http://www.nasa.gov/aim/
http://aim.hamptonu.edu/

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[lynchrw]

I wonder how much that video caost. Tax dollars at work?

[NASAexplorer]

The singers volunteered their time and all of the visuals used previously existed. Because this was produced and edited by our in-house team, the only cost was an in-kind 2 days worth of editing work, or about $350 for an editor's time. That's .0009 cents per YouTube view, not including the hits it has received on other sites. Was it worth the money? We think so. But we'll let you decide.....

[UglyMannheim]

This video is so much nicer with the volume shut off. ;)

[azas1949]

Beautiful ! Wonderful work !

[beastshawnee]

Wow...now sing a song about belly button lint. Belly button li-int...Belly butt.Belly butt. Belly Butt-ton Liii-iii-iiint! Small, and fuzzy, tickly tuh-hummy, mysterious -ously hiding in your cav-ave...la la la la la la lah, Belly Button Lint!

[Peter Hunsader]

Awful. Just awful.

[AhSchit]

Not as much as the education you failed to receive in school.

[emergencynurse02]

My wife is a Science teacher, OF COURSE its worth it! Do MORE!

That was well done BTW!

[Janeybird]

I love this song and video - very clever and funny! Its often going on in my head or I'm humming it! In fact we liked it so much we give the link to it in a new book due out later this year (The Earth as a Cradle for Life) - serious book but this video just has to be seen :)

[LegitHerobrine]

Is it possible the spot these clouds in regions near the equator?

[Elton Borges]

Where are the lyrics?

[jordon peters]

good god

[BahoUtot]

tought was watching a new Fallout mod. goofiest shit heard in a long time. lolmaol