Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
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                               2020 February 4
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                  A Sunset Night Sky over the Grand Canyon
                Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Robert Q. Fugate

   Explanation: Seeing mountain peaks glow red from [4]inside the Grand
   Canyon was one of the most incredible sunset experiences of this
   amateur photographer's life. They appeared even more incredible later,
   when digitally combined with an [5]exposure of the night sky -- taken
   by the same camera and from the same location -- an hour later. The two
   images were taken last August from the 220 Mile Canyon campsite on the
   [6]Colorado River, [7]Colorado, [8]USA. The peaks glow red because they
   were lit by an [9]usually red sunset. Later, high above, the band of
   the [10]Milky Way Galaxy angled dramatically down, filled with stars,
   nebula, and dark clouds of dust. To the Milky Way's left is the planet
   [11]Saturn, while to the right is the brighter [12]Jupiter. Although
   [13]Jupiter and [14]Saturn are now hard to see, [15]Venus will be
   [16]visible and quite bright to the west in clear skies, just after
   sunset, for the next two months.

    Astrophotography with Your Computer: [17]NASA's Astrophoto Challenges
                        Tomorrow's picture: many moon
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   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2002/GrandCanyonSunset_Fugate_6586.jpg
   3. https://www.rqfphoto.com/
   4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlpzAvQ8t8s
   5. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170522.html
   6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAfa8LKRVx8
   7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado
   8. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
   9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap980526.html
  10. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/285/the-milky-way-galaxy/
  11. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/saturn/overview/
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  16. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/whats-up-skywatching-tips-from-nasa/
  17. https://mo-www.cfa.harvard.edu/OWN/astrophoto/
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