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Credit & Copyright: Miguel Claro
(TWAN, Dark Sky Alqueva)
Explanation:
The mission was to document night-flying birds --
but it ended up also documenting a beautiful sky.
The
featured wide-angle mosaic was taken over the
steppe golden fields in
Mcrtola,
Portugal in 2020.
From such a dark location, an immediately-evident
breathtaking glow arched over the night sky: the central band of our
Milky Way
galaxy.
But this sky had much more.
Thin clouds crossed the sky like golden ribbons.
The planet Mars appeared on the far left,
while the planets
Saturn and
Jupiter were also simultaneously visible --
but on the opposite side of the sky, here seen on the far right.
Near the top of the image the bright
star Vega can be found,
while the far-distant and faint
Andromeda Galaxy can be seen toward the left,
just below Milky Way's
arch.
As the current month progresses, several
planets
are lining up in the pre-dawn sky:
Jupiter,
Venus, Mars, and
Saturn.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: night sky
Publications with words: night sky
See also:
- APOD: 2025 April 23 B An Almost Everything Sky
- APOD: 2024 September 11 B A Night Sky over the Tatra Mountains
- APOD: 2023 August 15 B A Triply Glowing Night Sky over Iceland
- Sunset to Sunrise over the Baltic Sea
- An Artful Sky over Lofoten Islands
- A Furious Sky over Mount Shasta
- Sea and Sky Glows over the Oregon Coast