... serene view records a late summer night sky over the rolling, green hills of planet ... It was taken near the rural village of Saadat Shahr, Fars province, in southern Iran ...
... Explanation: Legends collide in this dramatic vista of land, sea, and sky. ... The land is Iceland, specifically VМk М MЩrdal , a southern village known for its beautiful black sand beaches . ...
... painting Starry Night is one of the most famous icons of the night sky ever created ... The scene was painted by Vincent van Gogh in southern France in 1889. ... swirling style of Starry Night appears, to many, to make the night sky come alive ...
... 27, the center of the Milky Way Galaxy stood almost directly above the European Southern Observatory's Paranal Observatory ... In the dry, clear sky of Chile's Atacama desert, our galaxy's dusty central bulge is flanked by Paranal's four 8 meter Very ...
... Comet PanSTARRS , however, will remain visible in southernskies for only a few more days, after which it will remain bright ... To find the giant melting snowball PanSTARRS, sky enthusiasts should look toward the western horizon just after sunset. ...
... Explanation: Today the Sun reaches its southernmost point in planet Earth's sky at 13:37 UT . ... This celestial event is known as a solstice, marking the beginning of Summer in the Southern Hemisphere and Winter in the North ...
... Welcome to the December Solstice , first day of winter in the north and summer in the southern hemisphere of planet Earth ... Today the Sun reaches its southernmost declination in the sky at 19:21 Universal Time . ...
... Explanation: Bright nebulae abound in and around the expansive southern constellation of Centaurus . ... near the star Lambda Centauri (just off the top of the frame) and not far on the sky from the better known Eta Carinae Nebula ...
... Explanation: Still waters mimic a predawn sky along the eastern horizon in this peaceful scene. ... from the banks of the Mullica River, in a forested region known as the Pine Barrens of southern New Jersey on the US east coast ...
... Explanation: On April 17 , the sky was clear and the Sun's colour was spectacular as night approached. ... This striking telescopic view even captures the Sun's swollen and distorted shape from the southern coast of the UK. ...