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Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD)
![Зодиакальный свет и ложный рассвет](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2007/09/25/0001223588/zodiacal_beletsky.preview.jpg)
25.09.2007
An unusual triangle of light will be particularly bright near the eastern horizon before sunrise during the next two months for observers in Earth's northern hemisphere. Once considered a false dawn, this triangle of light is actually Zodiacal Light, light reflected from interplanetary dust particles.
![Галактическая область звездообразования в инфракрасном свете](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2007/09/24/0001223581/snake_spitzer.preview.jpg)
24.09.2007
How do stars form? To help study this complex issue, astronomers took a deep image in infrared light of an active part of our Milky Way Galaxy where star formation is rampant. In IRDC G11.11-0
![Равная ночь](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2007/09/23/0001223566/sts068-060-004_800.preview.jpg)
23.09.2007
Today, the Sun crosses the celestial equator heading south at 0951 UT. Known as the equinox, the astronomical event marks the first day of autumn in the northern hemisphere and spring in the south.
![Последняя Пангеа — Земля через 250 миллионов лет](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2007/09/23/0001223568/PangeaUltima_scotese.preview.jpg)
22.09.2007
Is this what will become of the Earth's surface? The surface of the Earth is broken up into several large plates that are slowly shifting. About 250 million years ago, the plates...
![Диадема в Южной Короне](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2007/09/21/0001223551/coronet_irxray_c720.preview.jpg)
21.09.2007
X-rays from young stars and infrared light from stars and cosmic dust are combined in this false color image of a star-forming region in Corona Australis, the Southern Crown. The small star grouping is fittingly known as the Coronet Cluster.
![Северный Лебедь](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2007/09/20/0001223533/CygnusmosaicS800_gendler.preview.jpg)
20.09.2007
Bright, hot, supergiant star Deneb lies at top center in this gorgeous skyscape. The 20 frame mosaic spans an impressive 12 degrees across the northern end of Cygnus the Swan. Crowded with stars...
![Вид на Япет с высоты в четыре тысячи километров](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2007/09/19/0001223519/iapetusterrain_cassini.preview.jpg)
19.09.2007
What does the surface of Saturn's mysterious moon Iapetus look like? To help find out, the robotic Cassini spacecraft now orbiting Saturn was sent soaring last week just 2,000 kilometers from the unique equatorial ridge of the unusual walnut-shaped two-toned moon.
![Извержение вулкана Тунгурахуа](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2007/09/18/0001223504/tungurahua_taschler.preview.jpg)
18.09.2007
Volcano Tungurahua erupted spectacularly last year. Pictured above, molten rock so hot it glows visibly pours down the sides of the 5,000-meter high Tungurahua, while a cloud of dark ash is seen being ejected toward the left. Wispy white clouds flow around the lava-lit peak, while a star-lit sky shines in the distance.
![Внутри марсианского кратера Виктория](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2007/09/17/0001223489/victoria3_opportunity.preview.jpg)
17.09.2007
NASA's Opportunity rover is now inside Victoria Crater on Mars. Last week the robot rolled about 20 meters into the largest crater any Martian rover has yet encountered, the crater next to which Opportunity has been perched for months.
![Свободный полет в космосе](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/09/27/0001236281/freeflyer_nasa.preview.jpg)
16.09.2007
At about 100 meters from the cargo bay of the space shuttle Challenger, Bruce McCandless II was further out than anyone had ever been before. Guided by a Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), astronaut McCandless, pictured above, was floating free in space.
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