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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Млечный Путь над Улуру http://variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1934571/eng |
Credit & Copyright: Max Inwood
Explanation:
What's happening above Uluru?
A United Nations World Heritage Site,
Uluru
is an extraordinary 350-meter high mountain in central
Australia
that rises sharply from nearly flat surroundings.
Composed of sandstone, Uluru has
slowly formed over the past 300 million years
as softer rock eroded away.
The Uluru region has been a
home
to humans for
over
22,000 years.
Recorded
last month, the starry sky above
Uluru
includes the central band of our
Milky Way galaxy, complete with complex dark filaments of
dust, bright red
emission
nebulas, and
billions
of stars.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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rights apply.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.