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Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD)
![Колесо на Марсе](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2012/08/07/0001268793/PIA15973MSL700.preview.jpg)
7.08.2012
A wheel attached to NASA's Curiosity rover is firmly on the martian surface in this early picture from the Mars Science Laboratory mission, captured after a successful landing on August 5, 2012 at 10:32pm (PDT).
![Южные ночи](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2012/08/07/0001268792/timelapse.preview.png)
6.08.2012
Have you ever seen the night sky change? It does -- sometimes in beautiful and unexpected ways. To see it, though, usually requires patience. The above award winning video shows several of the possible changes in dramatic fashion with a time lapse video.
![IC 1396: эмиссионная туманность в Цефее](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2012/08/06/0001268729/IC1396_demartin_960.preview.jpg)
5.08.2012
Stunning emission nebula IC 1396 mixes glowing cosmic gas and dark dust clouds in the high and far off constellation of Cepheus. Energized by the bright, bluish central star seen here, this star forming region sprawls across hundreds of light-years -- spanning over three degrees on the sky while nearly 3,000 light-years from planet Earth.
![Туманность Пузырь](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2012/08/05/0001268701/ngc7635VandenBroek900.preview.jpg)
4.08.2012
Blown by the wind from a massive star, this interstellar apparition has a surprisingly familiar shape. Cataloged as NGC 7635, it is also known simply as The Bubble Nebula. Although it looks delicate, the 10 light-year diameter bubble offers evidence of violent processes at work.
![Мессье 5](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2012/08/04/0001268659/m5_block900.preview.jpg)
3.08.2012
"Beautiful Nebula discovered between the Balance [Libra] & the Serpent [Serpens] ..." begins the description of the 5th entry in 18th century astronomer Charles Messier's famous catalog of nebulae and star clusters. Though it appeared...
![Звездные следы над Южным полюсом](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2012/08/02/0001268567/Startrails24Schwartz800.preview.jpg)
2.08.2012
No star dips below the horizon and the Sun never climbs above it in this remarkable Lewin's Challenge image of 24 hour long star trails. Showing all the trails as complete circles, such an image could be achieved only from two places on planet Earth.
![Млечный Путь над Долиной Монументов](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2012/08/01/0001268497/monumentvalley_pacholka_1387c.preview.jpg)
1.08.2012
You don't have to be at Monument Valley to see the Milky Way arch across the sky like this -- but it helps. Only at Monument Valley USA would you see a picturesque foreground that includes these iconic rock peaks called buttes.
![Кьюриозити по пути на Марс: 7 минут страха](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2012/08/01/0001268491/curiosity.preview.png)
31.07.2012
Next week at this time, there may be an amazing new robotic explorer on Mars. Or there may be a new pile of junk. It all likely depends on many things going correctly in the minutes after the Mars Science Laboratory mission arrives at Mars and attempts to deploy the Curiosity rover from orbit.
![Пепел и молнии над исландским вулканом](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2012/07/30/0001268425/volcano_stefnisson_960.preview.jpg)
30.07.2012
Why did the picturesque 2010 volcanic eruption in Iceland create so much ash? Although the large ash plume was not unparalleled in its abundance, its location was particularly noticeable because it drifted across such well-populated areas.
![Звездное скопление R136](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2012/07/30/0001268424/30dor_hst_960.preview.jpg)
29.07.2012
In the center of star-forming region 30 Doradus lies a huge cluster of the largest, hottest, most massive stars known. These stars, known collectively as star cluster R136, were captured above in visible light by the newly installed Wide Field Camera peering though the recently refurbished Hubble Space Telescope.
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