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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Night Sky Links

* Space Weather Live
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* American Meteor Society
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* The International Meteor Organization
* Lunar and Planetary Institute
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* Understanding The Moon Phases

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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.


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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Night Sky Links

* Space Weather Live
* Space Weather Live Forum
* About the Moon
* American Meteor Society
* Arbeitskreises Meteore e.V.
* Global City Lights
* Heavens Above Home Page
* The International Meteor Organization
* Lunar and Planetary Institute
* MoonConnection
* NASA Eclipse Web Page
* Understanding The Moon Phases

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Earth Science Picture of the Day is a service of the Universities
Space Research Association.

https://epod.usra.edu

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