*Eerie Cloud Created by NASA Rocket Experiment **By Tariq Malik <http://www.space.com/php/contactus/feedback.php?r=tm>* Managing Editor posted: 20 September 2009 05:24 pm ET
An eerie cloud that glowed briefly in the night sky Saturday was no UFO. It was created by humans - more specifically a NASA rocket built to make clouds that shine at night. The rocket launched as part of an experiment to artificially create so-called noctilucent - or night-shining<http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080901-mm-night-shining.html> - clouds, the highest clouds on Earth. [...] he U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and Department of Defense's Space Test Program oversaw the launch, which it called the Charged Aerosol Release Experiment. Complete story<http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/090920-nasa-noctilucent-cloud-rocket.html> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
