Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... Long features dubbed tiger stripes are known to be spewing ice from the moon's icy interior into space, creating a cloud of fine ice particles over the moon's South Pole and creating Saturn's mysterious E-ring. ... Solstice to Solstice Solargraph . ... This six month long exposure compresses the time from solstice to solstice (~ December 21, 2008 to June 20, 2009) into a single point of view. ... Molecular Cloud Barnard 68 . ... Atlas 5 Rocket Launches to the Moon . ...