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Credit & Copyright: Serge Brunier
(TWAN)
Explanation:
From the windswept peak of
Mauna Kea, on the
Big Island of
Hawaii, your view of
the world at
night could look like this.
At an altitude of about 13,500 feet, the mountain top
is silhouetted in
the stunning skyscape
recorded near dusk in early December of 2005.
The volcanic
peak
rises just above a sea of storm clouds illuminated
by a bright Moon.
Planet Venus
is setting near the Moon as the brilliant evening star.
The scene also includes the faint,
milky band of our own galaxy's
disk of stars and cosmic dust clouds stretching from the horizon
into the sky along the right edge of the frame.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Moon - Venus - clouds
Publications with words: Moon - Venus - clouds
See also:
- APOD: 2025 June 20 B Major Lunar Standstill 2024 2025
- APOD: 2025 June 18 B Space Station Silhouette on the Moon
- APOD: 2025 May 11 B The Surface of Venus from Venera 14
- APOD: 2025 April 22 B Terminator Moon: A Moonscape of Shadows
- Moon Near the Edge
- The ISS Meets Venus
- APOD: 2025 April 8 B Moon Visits Sister Stars