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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня APOD: 2026 August 16 Б Milky Way over Yellowstone http://www.astronet.ru/db/msg/2037030 |
Credit & Copyright: Dave Lane
Explanation:
The Milky Way was not created by an evaporating lake.
The colorful pool of water, about 10 meters across, is known as
Silex Spring and is located in
Yellowstone National Park in
Wyoming, USA.
Illuminated artificially, the colors are caused by layers of
bacteria that grow in the
hot spring.
Steam rises off
the spring, heated by underground
magma associated with the
Yellowstone Hotspot.
Unrelated and far in the distance, the
central band of our
Milky Way Galaxy arches high overhead, a band lit by billions of stars.
The picture features a 16-image panorama taken in 2014.
If the
Yellowstone Hotspot
causes another supervolcanic eruption
as it did about
640,000 years ago, a
large part of North America would be affected.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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rights apply.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day