Credit & Copyright: Max Inwood
Explanation:
What's happening above Uluru?
A United Nations World Heritage Site,
Uluru
is an extraordinary 350-meter high mountain in central
Australia
that rises sharply from nearly flat surroundings.
Composed of sandstone, Uluru has
slowly formed over the past 300 million years
as softer rock eroded away.
The Uluru region has been a
home
to humans for
over
22,000 years.
Recorded
last month, the starry sky above
Uluru
includes the central band of our
Milky Way galaxy, complete with complex dark filaments of
dust, bright red
emission
nebulas, and
billions
of stars.
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& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Milky Way
Publications with words: Milky Way
See also:
- APOD: 2024 November 24 Á Journey to the Center of the Galaxy
- APOD: 2024 November 5 Á Milky Way over Easter Island
- APOD: 2024 August 4 Á Gaia: Here Comes the Sun
- APOD: 2024 May 29 Á Stairway to the Milky Way
- APOD: 2023 December 12 Á Aurora and Milky Way over Norway
- Milky Way Rising
- APOD: 2023 July 18 Á Milky Way above La Palma Observatory