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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Млечный Путь над Дедвлей в Намибии http://www.variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1407376/eng |
Credit & Copyright: Stefan Liebermann
Explanation:
What planet is this?
It is the only planet currently known to have trees.
The trees in
Deadvlei,
though, have been dead for over 500 years.
Located in
Namib-Naukluft Park in
Namibia
(Earth), saplings grew after rainfall caused a
local river to overflow,
but died after
sand dunes shifted to section off the river.
High above and far in the distance, the band of our
Milky Way Galaxy forms an arch over a large stalk in this
well-timed composite image, taken last month.
The soil of white
clay appears to glow by reflected
starlight.
Rising on the left, under the Milky Way's arch, is a band of
zodiacal light -- sunlight reflected by dust orbiting
in the inner Solar System.
On the right, just above one of
Earth's
larger
sand dunes, an
astute
eye can find the
Large Magellanic Cloud,
a satellite galaxy of our galaxy.
Finding the
Small Magellanic Cloud in the
featured image, though, is perhaps too hard.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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rights apply.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.