First off: having work displayed on Danish state media isn’t necessarily a good thing. But I was ready to lie down and die happily back in 2014 from the exhilarating sensation of having my photo of “lysende natteskyer” (noctilucent clouds) displayed as part of the evening weather forecast.

At the time I was using Thomas Zulu as a pretentious moniker for my artist profile, hence the name displayed. I remember the meteorologist being quite enthusiastic about the image and subject matter.

Who wouldn’t be?!

Noctilucent clouds form at ridiculous altitudes – over 80 km above the ground. Clouds that we see on a daily basis only form within 20 kilometres above ground, and therefore, noctilucent clouds don’t behave like other clouds. They’re rare though; sometimes visible during summer nights looking north. Controversially, it has been speculated that their occurrence is linked to climate change, and thus maybe we’ll see them more often in the future.

References:

Lange, A., 2022. On the colour of noctilucent clouds. Annales Geophysicae. Vol. 40, p. 407–419. doi: 10.5194/angeo-40-407-2022