Astronomy Picture of the Day . The North America and Pelican Nebulae . ... This emission nebula on the left is famous partly because it resembles Earth's continent of North America. ... Kaguya Spacecraft Crashes into the Moon . ... 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. ... Atlas 5 Rocket Launches to the Moon . ...