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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Starry Night II
NASA ^ | 19 Jun, 2026 | Image Credit & Copyright: Rodrigo Guerra, Original Painting: Vincent van Gogh

Posted on 06/19/2026 10:25:44 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Explanation: Does this scene look familiar? It is a modern recreation of the famous painting Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh. Both the image and the painting depict a tall tree on the left, a crescent moon on the upper right, the planet Venus just to the right of the tree, a foreground horizon rising from left to right, and clouds above the horizon. Differences include that the photograph was taken in mid-April earlier this year in Cascavel, Brazil, while the painting was composed in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, in 1889. The original Starry Night is considered by many to be one of the three most famous paintings in the world today and a statement about the wonders of the night sky. Today is (roughly) the anniversary of the morning that van Gogh saw the sky that he later painted in his version of Starry Night.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa

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1 posted on 06/19/2026 10:25:44 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 06/19/2026 10:26:14 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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3 posted on 06/19/2026 10:27:37 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: 21stCenturion; 21twelve; 4everontheRight; A Navy Vet; A_perfect_lady; abb; AFB-XYZ; AFPhys; ...
Pinging the APOD list

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4 posted on 06/19/2026 10:28:42 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Thank you for showing Uranus.


5 posted on 06/19/2026 10:30:34 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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I don’t see Uranus in that pic.


6 posted on 06/19/2026 10:32:45 AM PDT by ComputerGuy
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Clever.


7 posted on 06/19/2026 10:33:45 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: MtnClimber

That picture is upside down.


8 posted on 06/19/2026 10:48:45 AM PDT by fruser1
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???


9 posted on 06/19/2026 10:51:31 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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Uranus is on the top. :)


10 posted on 06/19/2026 10:53:19 AM PDT by fruser1
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There’s no top or bottom in Space...


11 posted on 06/19/2026 10:55:17 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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Wow.


12 posted on 06/19/2026 11:41:27 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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Cool.


13 posted on 06/19/2026 11:41:37 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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Seems like the Moon and Venus would be on a closer plane


14 posted on 06/19/2026 11:50:30 AM PDT by Slicksadick (We accept the love we think we deserve.)
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It was winking...


15 posted on 06/19/2026 12:37:15 PM PDT by W. (Biden is destroying America's economy!)
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I don’t see Uranus in that pic.

Not sure I want to see NEanus. Heh.

16 posted on 06/19/2026 12:49:36 PM PDT by AFB-XYZ (( We have two options: 1. Stand up, or 2. Bend over))
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