• ES Picture of the Day 10 2023

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    EPOD - a service of USRA

    The Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) highlights the diverse processes and phenomena which shape our planet and our lives. EPOD will collect and archive photos, imagery, graphics, and artwork with short explanatory
    captions and links exemplifying features within the Earth system. The
    community is invited to contribute digital imagery, short captions and
    relevant links.


    Milky Way and Summer Triangle

    January 10, 2023

    Danielle_Milky Way

    Photographer: Daniele Cipollina

    Summary Author: Daniele Cipollina: Jim Foster

    Shown above is a view of the Milky Way as observed last summer from
    Cavalese, Italy on the night of August 16, 2022. Dark lanes amid the
    myriad stars forming the Milky Way are clouds of interstellar dust
    and gas that effectively extinguish any visible light behind them. Note
    that the asterism of the Summer Triangle is also visible here --
    Deneb at lower left, Vega at upper left and Altair at
    center. North is to the left.

    Photo details: Nikon Z50 camera; 16/50 mm;16 mm focal length; ISO 5000;
    15 frames of 30 seconds exposure, tripod used. Processing with Images
    plus 6.5 and Photoshop 2020.


    Cavalese, Italy Coordinates: 46.2912, 11.4606


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  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to All on Fri Feb 10 11:00:44 2023
    EPOD - a service of USRA

    The Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) highlights the diverse processes and phenomena which shape our planet and our lives. EPOD will collect and archive photos, imagery, graphics, and artwork with short explanatory
    captions and links exemplifying features within the Earth system. The
    community is invited to contribute digital imagery, short captions and
    relevant links.


    Gegenschein Observed from La Silla, Chile

    February 10, 2023


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    Photographer: Zdenek Bardon
    Summary Author: Zdenek Bardon: Jim Foster

    During an observing session from the ESO Observatory in Chile one
    night this past November, in addition to various nebulae and star
    clusters, I also captured a patch of light, at center, called the
    Gegenschein or counterglow. Particles of dust and ice in the path
    of Earth’s orbit around the Sun scatter sunlight both forwards and
    backwards, depending upon their size. The backward scattered light
    is scattered (by smaller particles) with reduced intensity, so the
    resulting dim glow is only visible (to the naked eye) in extremely dark
    skies -- seen at the point in the night sky that’s opposite of the Sun
    ( antisolar point). As with nearly all faint objects, you’ll have
    better luck viewing it if you use averted vision. Photo taken on
    the night of November 27, 2022.

    Photo details: Nikon D810Da camera with ZEISS Otus 1.4/55 lens; stack
    of 27 images, each with an exposure of 60 seconds.

    La Silla, Chile Coordinates: -29.2612 -70.7313


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    Space Research Association.

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