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Beauty and mystery in rare Antarctic clouds

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A rare and spectacular cloud formation appeared at the end of the polar night at Australia’s Mawson station in Antarctica.

These so-called nacreous clouds were situated high in the stratosphere, some 20km above the ground, and indicate extremely cold temperatures in the rarefied atmosphere. 

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