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Credit & Copyright: Babak Tafreshi
(TWAN)
Explanation:
Stars come out as evening twilight fades in
this
serene skyscape following the Persian proverb
"Night hides the world, but reveals a universe."
The scene finds the Sun setting over
northern Kenya and the
night will soon hide the shores of
Lake Turkana,
home to many Nile
crocodiles.
The region is also known for its abundance of hominid fossils.
On that past November night, a brilliant Venus, then the
world's
evening star, dominates the starry skies above.
But also revealed are faint stars,
cosmic dust clouds, and glowing nebulae along the graceful arc of
our own Milky Way galaxy.
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