Explanation: In myth, Atlas holds up the heavens, but in this stunning view a mountain appears to serve as the southern night sky pivots around a snowy peak. Recorded during a climbing expedition at an altitude above 19,000 feet (temperature -18 degrees C), the picture places the South Celestial Pole over the Andes mountain Ojos del Salado. Topping out at over 22,000 feet, the Ojos del Salado is a stratovolcano, the highest active volcano on planet Earth. The time exposure lasted an hour and a half, recording the graceful arcing star trails along with the rising Milky Way (left) and setting Magellanic clouds.

<<  Dekabr'  >> Pn Vt Sr Cht Pt Sb Vs         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1995   1996   1997 1998   1999   2000 2001   2002   2003 2004   2005   2006 2007   2008   2009 2010   2011   2012 2013   2014   2015 2016   2017   2018 2019   2020   2021 2022   2023   2024

Yanvar' Fevral' Mart Aprel' Mai Iyun' Iyul' Avgust Sentyabr' Oktyabr' Noyabr' Dekabr'

Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply.
A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.

Publikacii s klyuchevymi slovami: volcano - southern sky - Nebesnaya sfera - Polyus mira Publikacii so slovami: volcano - southern sky - Nebesnaya sfera - Polyus mira
Sm. takzhe: Luna i kol'ca iz dyma nad goroi Etna Zvezdy nad izvergayushimsya vulkanom Vulkan na Venere Svidetel'stva aktivnosti vulkana na Venere Treugol'naya ten' bol'shogo vulkana Ognennyi vulkan pod Mlechnym Putem Pepel i molniya nad islandskim vulkanom Vse publikacii na tu zhe temu >>