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Credit & Copyright: Dave Lane
Explanation:
What connects the Sun to the Moon?
Many answers have been given throughout
history,
but in the case of today's featured image, it appears to be the plane of our
Milky Way Galaxy.
The 16-image panorama was taken in
Capitol Reef National
Park,
Utah, USA where two
sandstone monoliths
-- the Temple of the Moon on the left and the
Temple of the Sun
on the right -- rise dramatically from the desert.
Each
natural monument
stands about 100 meters tall and survives from the
Jurassic period 160 million years
ago.
Even older are many of the stars and nebula that dot the celestial background, including
the
Andromeda Galaxy.
Tomorrow the Earth will connect the Sun to the Moon by way of its shadow: a
total lunar eclipse will be visible from many locations around
the globe.
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