Astronomy Picture of the Day . Light Pillars from a Little Planet . ... Eerie pillars of light ring the edges of this snowy little planet. ... The spherical panoramic image mosaic maps a view from Siilinj rvi in eastern Finland. ... Fixed to a tripod and looking east across the Kennedy Space Center's Turn Basin, a camera captured these star trails as a series of short exposures over a three hour period on the evening of January 23rd. Jelly Donut Shaped Rock Appears on Mars . ... January 2014 . ...