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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Восход на фоне аэропорта http://variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1236951/eng |
Credit & Copyright: Neal Ulevich
Explanation:
What's 93 million miles away and still hurts your eyes when you look at it?
The answer
is not the Denver International Airport,
known to some travelers as DIA.
But DIA does appear in dramatic silhouette in the foreground of this
telephoto image.
The view looks east toward the airport terminal's characteristic
multi-peaked
roof and the rising October Sun.
The roof's appearance suggests the snow-capped peaks of the region's
Rocky Mountains
to the west.
As winter approaches
for denizens of Denver and the northern hemisphere in general, the
rising Sun will continue to
move south (image right) in the
coming days.
Of course,
the Sun is 93 million miles away ...
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
Specific
rights apply.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.