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Astronomy Picture of the Day - A Night Sky over the Tatra Mountains
NASA ^
| 11 Sep, 2024
| Image Credit: Marcin Rosadziński; Text: Natalia Lewandowska (SUNY Oswego)
Posted on 09/11/2024 1:27:12 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: A natural border between Slovakia and Poland is the Tatra Mountains. A prominent destination for astrophotographers, the Tatras are the highest mountain range in the Carpathians. In the featured image taken in May, one can see the center of our Milky Way galaxy with two of its famous stellar nurseries, the Lagoon and Omega Nebula, just over the top of the Tatras. Stellar nurseries are full of ionized hydrogen, a fundamental component for the formation of Earth-abundant water. As a fundamental ingredient in all known forms of life, water is a crucial element in the Universe. Such water can be seen in the foreground in the form of the Bialka River.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; carpathians; nasa; poland; slovakia; tatramountains
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09/11/2024 1:27:32 PM PDT
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09/11/2024 1:27:52 PM PDT
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09/11/2024 1:28:28 PM PDT
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09/11/2024 1:49:20 PM PDT
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09/11/2024 2:31:54 PM PDT
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09/11/2024 3:53:34 PM PDT
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09/11/2024 3:58:14 PM PDT
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telescope115
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That’s a bodacious set of Tatras.
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09/11/2024 4:00:48 PM PDT
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blueunicorn6
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Beautiful country over there.
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09/11/2024 4:02:06 PM PDT
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dfwgator
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09/11/2024 4:08:55 PM PDT
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marktwain
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I’ve hiked there above the treeline.
Weather changes real fast.
Beautiful, sunny, clear morning. Deafening thunder and violent downpour by noon. Hid under a rock for 2 hours. Never been so thoroughly wet in my life!
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09/11/2024 4:32:09 PM PDT
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nbenyo
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