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Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD)
![Поле Розетки](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2010/02/15/0001238505/rosette_andreo.preview.jpg)
14.02.2010
What surrounds the florid Rosette nebula? To better picture this area of the sky, the famous flowery emission nebula on the far right has been captured recently in a deep and dramatic wide field image that features several other sky highlights.
![Водный путь на орбиту](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2010/02/15/0001238504/launch_vernacotola900.preview.jpg)
13.02.2010
The 32nd shuttle mission to the International Space Station, STS-130, left planet Earth on February 8. Its early morning launch to orbit from Kennedy Space Center's pad 39A followed the long, graceful, eastward arc seen in this 2 minute time exposure.
![Следы в небе над Тейде](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2010/02/18/0001238576/IRIDIUM_Teide_DLopez900.preview.jpg)
12.02.2010
The snow capped Teide volcano is reflected in a pool of water in this nearly symmetric night sky view from the Canary Island Tenerife. Bright north star Polaris stands above the peak in an exposure that also captures the brilliant trail of a polar orbiting Iridium satellite.
![Звездное скопление M34](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2010/02/11/0001238452/m34Franke900.preview.jpg)
11.02.2010
This pretty open cluster of stars, M34, is about the size of the Full Moon on the sky. Easy to appreciate in small telescopes, it lies some 1,800 light-years away in the constellation Perseus. At that distance, M34 physically spans about 15 light-years.
![Вулкан Сакураджима и молния](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2010/02/10/0001238439/volcanolightning_rietze.preview.jpg)
10.02.2010
Why does a volcanic eruption sometimes create lightning? Pictured above, the Sakurajima volcano in southern Japan was caught erupting early last month. Magma bubbles so hot they glow shoot away as liquid rock bursts through the Earth's surface from below.
![Ночной запуск космического челнока Индевор](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2010/02/09/0001238429/sts30nightlaunch_nasa.preview.jpg)
9.02.2010
Sometimes, the space shuttle launches at night. Pictured above, the space shuttle Endeavour lifted off in yesterday's early morning hours from Launch Pad 39A in Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, bound for the International Space Station (ISS).
![Солнечное гало над Камбоджей](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2010/02/08/0001238411/sunhalo_attila.preview.jpg)
8.02.2010
Have you ever seen a halo around the Sun? This fairly common sight occurs when high thin clouds containing millions of tiny ice crystals cover much of the sky. Each ice crystal acts like a miniature lens.
![Гравитационная линза "Крест Эйнштейна"](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2010/02/07/0001238408/qso2237_wiyn.preview.jpg)
7.02.2010
Most galaxies have a single nucleus -- does this galaxy have four? The strange answer leads astronomers to conclude that the nucleus of the surrounding galaxy is not even visible in this image. The central cloverleaf is rather light emitted from a background quasar.
![Небо над Гонконгом](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2010/02/08/0001238412/2010hongkongsky_lau_1_900.preview.jpg)
6.02.2010
This remarkable scene combines multiple exposures recorded on the evening of January 18th from a waterside perspective in Hong Kong, China. It follows a young crescent Moon, with brilliant planet Jupiter to its left, as they set together in the western sky. Their two luminous trails are faintly paralleled by trails of background stars.
![Пылевая буря на Марсе](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2010/02/05/0001238382/MarsDust_picdumidi_c740.preview.jpg)
5.02.2010
It's spring for the northern hemisphere of Mars and spring on Mars usually means dust storms. So the dramatic brown swath of dust (top) marking the otherwise white north polar cap in this picture of the Red Planet is not really surprising.
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