Explanation: Once
upon a solstice eve a
little prince gazed across a frozen
little planet at
the edge of a large galaxy. The
little planet was
planet Earth of course, seen in this horizon to horizon, nadir to
zenith projection, a digitally stitched mosaic from the shores
of the Sec reservoir in the Czech Republic. So the large galaxy must
be the
Milky Way,
and the brightest beacon on the planet's horizon Venus, visible
around the globe as this season's brilliant evening star. Celestial
treasures in surrounding dark skies include the Pleiadesstar
cluster, and the North America nebula found along a dusty galactic
rift.
Embracing Venus, Zodiacal
light traces
a faint band across the night, but the more colorful pillars
of light shine
above streets a little closer to home.
Bron: Twitter
(komt wel via dat klote NASA, maar niet gezeurd, ' t is een prachtige plaat!
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