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EPISODE · Aug 2, 2012 · 4 MIN

ScienceCast 72: Meteor Smoke Makes Strange Clouds

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A key ingredient of Earth's strangest clouds does not come from Earth. New data from NASA's AIM spacecraft proves that "meteor smoke" is essential to the formation of noctilucent clouds.

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