|
Credit & Copyright: Babak Tafreshi
(TWAN)
Explanation:
A waning crescent moon, early morning twilight, and
Al Hamra's city lights
on the horizon can't hide the central Milky Way in this skyscape from
planet Earth.
Captured in a single exposure,
the dreamlike
scene looks southward
across the region's grand canyon from Jabal Shams (Sun Mountain),
near the highest peak in Oman, on the
Arabian Peninsula.
Mist, moonlight, and shadows still play along the steep canyon walls.
Dark rifts
along the luminous band of the Milky Way are the galaxy's
cosmic dust clouds.
Typically hundreds of light-years distant, they obscure starlight along the
galactic plane, viewed edge-on from the
Solar System's
perspective.
|
January February March April May June July August September October November December |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply.
A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Milky Way - Moon
Publications with words: Milky Way - Moon
See also:
- APOD: 2026 May 11 Á Moon Setting Behind Teide Volcano
- APOD: 2026 May 9 Á Messier Craters in Stereo
- APOD: 2026 April 19 Á Eye on the Milky Way
- APOD: 2026 April 15 Á The ISS Transits the Moon
- APOD: 2026 April 11 Á Artemis II: Flight Day 6
- APOD: 2026 March 25 Á The Guardians of Rapa Nui beneath the Milky Way
- The Bay of Rainbows