COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Record
Title:
Heaven on Earth
Explanation:
If sometimes it appears that the entire Milky Way Galaxy [ http://www.seds.org… ] is raining down on your head, do not despair. It happens twice a day. As the Sun rises [ http://antwrp.gsfc.… ] in the East, wonders of the night sky become less bright than the sunlight scattered [ http://antwrp.gsfc.… ] by our own Earth's atmosphere [ http://www.sciencem… ], and so fade from view. They will only rotate back into view when the Earth again eclipses our bright Sun at dusk [ http://antwrp.gsfc.… ]. This battle between heaven and Earth was captured dramatically above [ http://www.ne.jp/as… ] during the last few minutes of daylight on 1999 August 10 in Koumi [ http://www.yahoo.co… ], Japan [ http://www.odci.gov… ]. Dark dust [ http://antwrp.gsfc.… ], millions of stars [ http://www.astro.wi… ], and bright glowing red gas [ http://antwrp.gsfc.… ] highlight the plane [ http://antwrp.gsfc.… ] of our Milky Way Galaxy [ http://antwrp.gsfc.… ], which lies on average thousands of light years [ http://einstein.stc… ] behind Earth [ http://antwrp.gsfc.… ]'s yellow and green reflecting clouds [ http://www-airs.jpl… ].
Credit and Copyright:
Naoyuki Kurita [ mailto:kurita@private.email.ne.jp ]
keyword:
Milky Way
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_what:
AIRS
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap001106
