Astronomy Picture of the Day - The Ñandú in the Milky Way

NASA ^ | 20 Jun, 2023 | Image Credit & Copyright: Fefo Bouvier; Line Drawing: Alfonso Rosso

[MtnClimber]

Explanation: Have you seen the bird in the Milky Way? Beyond the man in the Moon, the night sky is filled with stories, and cultures throughout history have projected some of their most enduring legends onto the stars and dust above. Generations of people see these celestial icons, hear their associated stories, and pass them down. Pictured here is not only a segment of the central band of our Milky Way galaxy, but, according to folklore of several native peoples of Uruguay, the outline of a great bird called Ñandú. Furthermore, Ñandú's footprint is associated with the Southern Cross asterism. In the foreground, in silhouette, is a statue of María Micaela Guyunusa, an indigenous woman of the Charrúa people who lived in the 1800s and endures as a symbol of colonial resistance. The composite image was taken in mid-April in Cabo Polonio, Uruguay, with the Atlantic Ocean in the background.

[MtnClimber]

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[MtnClimber]

[MtnClimber]

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[Red Badger]

Big Bird!.......................

[z3n]

Funny how people see different patterns.
Pareidolia I believe it’s called.

I don’t see the bird. I see a Champaign bottle with the cork popping off.

[NohSpinZone]

[No name given]

It looks like a moa to me. For those who don’t know what a moa is, it’s an extinct relative of the ostrich.

[Bounced2X]

More detail.....

[rfp1234]

https://youtu.be/9Gc4QTqslN4

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Nandu is the Spanish term for ostrich.

[MtnClimber]

Ñandú tastes like a cross between Bald Eagle and Spotted Owl.

[AFB-XYZ]

My parrot is traumatized forever by that. Heh.

[Red Badger]

Is he pining for the fjords?....................

[Red Badger]

There ain’t no moa moas....................

[AFB-XYZ]

Is he pining for the fjords?....................

Good thing my monitor is somewhat coffee-spray resistant, brother. :-)

[telescope115]

Neat-o..

[Bounced2X]

Ñandú tastes like a cross between Bald Eagle and Spotted Owl.

I'll take your word for it....;O)

[sit-rep]

wow...

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Nanu, nanu says Mork. And he should know! /sarc