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Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD)
![Супер тайфун Винни](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/08/14/0001192319/winnie_sts85_big.preview.jpg)
19.08.1997
Super Typhoon Winnie raged through parts of the Eastern Hemisphere last week. Swirling in the Pacific Ocean with winds in excess of 160 miler per hour, Winnie became one of the stronger storm systems in modern times: a Category 5 Hurricane.
![Ио: султан от Прометея](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/08/14/0001192318/prometheus_gal_big.preview.jpg)
18.08.1997
Two sulfurous eruptions are visible on Jupiter's volcanic moon Io in this color composite Galileo image. On the left, over Io's limb, a new bluish plume rises about 86 miles above the surface of a volcanic caldera known as Pillan Patera.
![Астро-1 на орбите](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/08/14/0001192317/astro1_sts35_big.preview.jpg)
17.08.1997
In December of 1990, the Space Shuttle Columbia carried an array of astronomical telescopes high above the Earth's obscuring atmosphere to observe the Universe at ultraviolet and x-ray wavelengths. The telescopes, known...
![Древний марсианин?](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/08/14/0001192316/marslife_96-12609_big.preview.jpg)
16.08.1997
Alien! Alien? Is this what an ancient Martian looked like? The tube-like form on the above highly magnified image is now believed by many to be a fossil of a simple Martian organism that lived over 3.6 billion years ago.
![Столкновение с Европой](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/08/14/0001192315/europa_imp_gal_big.preview.jpg)
15.08.1997
This bull's-eye pattern marks the impact of a mountain-sized comet or asteroid on the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. Recorded by the Galileo spacecraft in April of this year, the composite false color image clearly reveals the telltale concentric fractures which cover about
![Марсианские камни и вездеход](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/10/27/0001194461/mars_rr_path_big.preview.jpg)
14.08.1997
This sharp color image featuring Mars rock Yogi and the rolling Sojourner robot shows off Yogi's startling two-toned surface. Yogi appears to be leaning into the prevailing winds causing some to suggest that its color contrast may be caused by the accumulation of rust colored dust on its windward face.
![Разрешая Миру](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/08/14/0001192313/mira_hst_big.preview.jpg)
13.08.1997
Most stars appear only as points of light. Recently, Betelgeuse became the second star, after our Sun, to have it surface resolved. Now add Mira to the list. Mira A is a red giant star undergoing dramatic pulsations, causing it to become more than 100 times brighter over the course of a year.
![Шер 25: ожидающаяся сверхновая?](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/08/14/0001192312/ngc3603_wb_big.preview.jpg)
12.08.1997
No supernova has ever been predicted - yet. These dramatic stellar explosions that destroy stars, that create and disperse the elements that compose people and planets, that light up the night sky, are not so well understood that astronomers can accurately predict when a star will explode - yet. Perhaps Sher 25 will be the first.
![Метеор потока Персеид](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/08/14/0001192311/perseid3_sk_big.preview.jpg)
11.08.1997
Tonight the Perseid Meteor Shower reaches its maximum. Grains of rocky ice will streak across the sky as they evaporate during entry into Earth's atmosphere. These ice chips were shed from Comet Swift-Tuttle. The Perseids result from the annual crossing of the Earth through Comet Swift-Tuttle's orbit.
![Туманность в созвездии Стрельца](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/08/14/0001192310/sagneb_aat.preview.gif)
10.08.1997
What causes the colors in this beautiful nebulosity in Sagittarius? Dubbed NGC 6589 and NGC 6590, the colors of this nebulosity, are caused by gas and dust. The blue color of the nebula nearest the bright stars is caused by reflection off interstellar dust.
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