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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Облака и звезды над вулканом Котопахи http://www.variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1245182/eng |
Credit & Copyright: Stéphane Guisard
(Los Cielos de America),
TWAN
Explanation:
What's happening above the
Cotopaxi volcano in
Ecuador?
Quite a bit, from the looks of the
above one-night, time-lapse movie, taken earlier this month.
The majestic volcano is first seen through breaks in fast moving clouds as the movie
begins.
Soon the clouds have dissipated and a sky filled with stars seems to rotate about
the snow-peaked volcano's peak.
The band of
our Milky Way Galaxy,
the dark
Coal Sack nebula, and the
Southern Cross
can all be seen overhead.
Satellites steak by from several directions.
Soon thin clouds roll by and seem to make the brightest stars sparkle.
On the volcano (starting at about 1:13 of the movie), the lights of climbers flash.
Near the end of the movie, a
bright airplane passes over the peak with a
residual trail seen drifting away.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.