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Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD)
![Приодеваясь для Луны](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/04/01/0001334705/Mooooonwalk_rjn_960.preview.jpg)
31.03.2015
How will cows survive on the Moon? One of the most vexing questions asked about space, scientists have spent decades debating this key issue. Finally, after extensive computer modeling and over a dozen midnight milkings, engineers have designed, built, and now tested the new Lunar Grazing Module (LGM), a multi-purpose celestial bovine containment system.
![Корона над Свальбардом](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/03/31/0001334647/Tse_2015_Svalbard_800mm_Nikon_D810.preview.jpg)
30.03.2015
During a total solar eclipse, the Sun's extensive outer atmosphere, or corona, is an inspirational sight. Streamers and shimmering features that engage the eye span a brightness range of over 10,000 to 1, making them notoriously difficult to capture in a single photograph.
![Полярное сияние в форме флага над Швецией](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/03/30/0001334570/AuroraFlag_Stalnacke_960.preview.jpg)
29.03.2015
It appeared, momentarily, like a 50-km tall banded flag. In mid-March, an energetic Coronal Mass Ejection directed toward a clear magnetic channel to Earth led to one of the more intense geomagnetic storms of recent years. A visual result was wide spread auroras being seen over many countries near Earth's magnetic poles.
![Тень марсианского робота](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/03/29/0001334542/marsshadow_opportunity_960.preview.jpg)
28.03.2015
What if you saw your shadow on Mars and it wasn't human? Then you might be the Opportunity rover currently exploring Mars. Opportunity has been exploring the red planet since early 2004, finding evidence of ancient water, and sending breathtaking images across the inner Solar System.
![Бриллиантовые кольца и Четки Бейли](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/03/28/0001334427/TSE2015Bailysbeads_WangLetian1024c.preview.jpg)
27.03.2015
Near the March 20 equinox the cold clear sky over Longyearbyen, Norway, planet Earth held an engaging sight, a total eclipse of the Sun. The New Moon's silhouette at stages just before...
![NGC 2403 в Жирафе](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/03/27/0001334378/NGC2403-HaLRGBMP1024.preview.jpg)
26.03.2015
Magnificent island universe NGC 2403 stands within the boundaries of the long-necked constellation Camelopardalis. Some 10 million light-years distant and about 50,000 light-years across, the spiral galaxy also seems to have more than its fair share of giant star forming HII regions, marked by the telltale reddish glow of atomic hydrogen gas.
![Весенний Орион](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/03/26/0001334332/OrionSpringDickinson1024.preview.jpg)
25.03.2015
As spring comes to planet Earth's northern hemisphere, familiar winter constellation Orion sets in early evening skies and budding trees frame the Hunter's stars. The yellowish hue of cool red supergiant Alpha Orionis, the great star Betelgeuse, mingles with the branches at the top of this colorful skyscape.
![Новая Стрельца 2015 No 2, видимая невооруженным глазом](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/03/25/0001334281/NovaSag2015_talwar_960.preview.jpg)
24.03.2015
It quickly went from obscurity to one of the brighter stars in Sagittarius -- but it's fading. Named Nova Sagittarii 2015 No. 2, the stellar explosion is the brightest nova visible from Earth in over a year. The featured image was captured four days ago from Ranikhet in the Indian Himalayas.
![Степени десяти](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/03/24/0001334228/pot.preview.jpg)
23.03.2015
How different does the universe look on small, medium, and large scales? The most famous short science film of its generation gives breathtaking comparisons. That film, Powers of Ten, originally created in the 1960s, has now been officially posted to YouTube and embedded above.
![Атлас-5 запускает ММС](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/03/23/0001334156/MMSLaunch_cooper_1050.preview.jpg)
22.03.2015
Birds don't fly this high. Airplanes don't go this fast. The Statue of Liberty weighs less. No species other than human can even comprehend what is going on, nor could any human just a millennium ago. The launch of a rocket bound for space is an event that inspires awe and challenges description.
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