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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Zodiacal Night
APOD.NASA.gov ^ | 10 Apr, 2021 | Image Credit & Copyright: Jean-Francois Graffand

Posted on 04/10/2021 7:40:39 PM PDT by MtnClimber

Explanation: An intense band of zodiacal light is captured in this serene mountain and night skyscape from April 7. The panoramic view was recorded after three hours of hiking from a vantage looking west after sunset across the Pyrenees in southern France. At 2838 meters altitude, Mont Valier is the tallest peak near center. In the sky above, the familiar stars of Orion and the northern winter Milky Way are approaching the rugged western horizon. At the shoulder of Orion, Betelgeuse is one of three bright yellowish celestial beacons. It forms a triangle with fellow red giant star Aldebaran located below Betelgeuse and to the right, and the red planet Mars. Mars shines just under the band of the Milky Way, still immersed in the bright zodiacal light.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
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1 posted on 04/10/2021 7:40:39 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 04/10/2021 7:40:57 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: 21stCenturion; 21twelve; 4everontheRight; abb; AFB-XYZ; America_Right; Art in Idaho; AZ .44 MAG; ...
Pinging the APOD list.

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3 posted on 04/10/2021 7:41:39 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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bttt


4 posted on 04/10/2021 7:53:26 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: MtnClimber

What about that glowing figure on the low peak in front of the distant mountains?


5 posted on 04/10/2021 8:42:50 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: MtnClimber

This photo appears to cartoonish to me.
Looks like something out of a video game.
I wish they’d show us the undoctered photo for once.


6 posted on 04/10/2021 9:23:23 PM PDT by Pez149 (Time to stop saying a theory is fact....)
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That’s somebody staring into their cell phone.


7 posted on 04/10/2021 9:28:49 PM PDT by Nachoman (Following victory, its best to reload.)
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To: MtnClimber

Looks like a scene from “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”.

Still a beautiful sight to see.


8 posted on 04/10/2021 10:06:41 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Pez149

Agree. It’s been manipulated and over processed. But I like the mysterious glow or halo around the individual in the pic.☺


9 posted on 04/10/2021 10:25:54 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Nachoman

LOLOL


10 posted on 04/10/2021 11:52:41 PM PDT by Salamander (Salamander has barbaric tendencies.../Gundog)
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To: Keyhopper; Nachoman; MtnClimber; BenLurkin

A mountain peak is not a very safe place to have a ghost encounter.


11 posted on 04/11/2021 3:03:44 AM PDT by DannyTN
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