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noctilucent cloud

highly-elevated cloud-like ice crystals in the upper atmosphere of Earth visible during astronomical twilight
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noctilucent cloud

Summary

noctilucent cloud is an atmospheric phenomenon[1]. It draws 635 Wikipedia views per month (atmospheric_phenomenon category, ranking #2 of 18).[2]

Key Facts

  • noctilucent cloud's image is recorded as Helkivad ööpilved Kuresoo kohal.jpg[3].
  • noctilucent cloud's image is recorded as Noctilucent cloud 20160719 raunheim germany.jpg[4].
  • noctilucent cloud's image is recorded as Helkivad Ööpilved (2).jpg[5].
  • noctilucent cloud's image is recorded as Noctilucent clouds over Rabka-Zdroj 15.07.11.jpg[6].
  • noctilucent cloud's image is recorded as Noctilucent clouds over Uppsala, Sweden.jpg[7].
  • noctilucent cloud's image is recorded as Noctilucent (mesospheric) clouds.jpg[8].
  • noctilucent cloud's image is recorded as Noctilucent clouds bargerveen.jpg[9].
  • noctilucent cloud's image is recorded as Landskrona Noctilucent.jpg[10].
  • noctilucent cloud's instance of is recorded as atmospheric phenomenon[11].
  • noctilucent cloud's instance of is recorded as phenomenon[12].
  • noctilucent cloud's made from material is recorded as ice crystal[13].
  • noctilucent cloud's subclass of is recorded as cloud[14].
  • noctilucent cloud's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00574194[15].
  • noctilucent cloud's Commons category is recorded as Noctilucent clouds[16].
  • noctilucent cloud's said to be the same as is recorded as polar mesospheric cloud[17].
  • noctilucent cloud's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/038z7d[18].
  • noctilucent cloud's Commons gallery is recorded as Noctilucent cloud[19].
  • noctilucent cloud's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1234929[20].
  • noctilucent cloud's depicted by is recorded as Noctilucent[21].
  • noctilucent cloud's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 2[22].
  • noctilucent cloud's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[23].
  • noctilucent cloud's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/noctilucent-cloud[24].
  • noctilucent cloud's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+76000'}[25].
  • noctilucent cloud's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 3658326[26].
  • noctilucent cloud's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as noctilucent-clouds[27].

Why It Matters

noctilucent cloud draws 635 Wikipedia views per month (atmospheric_phenomenon category, ranking #2 of 18).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . cloudatlas.wmo.int. cloudatlas.wmo.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . sains.kompas.com. Retrieved . sains.kompas.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . cloudatlas.wmo.int. cloudatlas.wmo.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . cloudatlas.wmo.int. cloudatlas.wmo.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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