Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                               2021 November 1
     [2]The picture shows a waterfall under a night sky dominated by the
      arch of our Milky Way Galaxy. Please see the explanation for more
                            detailed information.

                        A Waterfall and the Milky Way
                    Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Xie Jie

   Explanation: The dream was to capture both the waterfall and the Milky
   Way together. Difficulties included finding a good camera location,
   artificially illuminating the waterfall and the surrounding valley
   effectively, capturing the entire scene with numerous foreground and
   background shots, worrying that [4]fireflies would be too
   [5]distracting, keeping the camera dry, and avoiding stepping on a
   poisonous snake. Behold the result -- captured after midnight in
   mid-July and digitally stitched into a wide-angle panorama. The
   waterfall is the picturesque [6]Zhulian waterfall in the [7]Luoxiao
   Mountains in eastern [8]Hunan Province, [9]China. The central band of
   our [10]Milky Way Galaxy crosses the sky and shows numerous [11]dark
   dust filaments and [12]colorful nebulas. Bright stars dot the sky --
   all residing in the nearby Milky Way -- including the [13]Summer
   Triangle with bright [14]Vega visible above the [15]Milky Way's arch.
   After capturing all 78 component exposures for you to enjoy, the
   photographer and friends [16]enjoyed the view themselves for the rest
   of the night.

    Discovery + Outreach: [17]Graduate student research position open for
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    Authors & editors: [29]Robert Nemiroff ([30]MTU) & [31]Jerry Bonnell
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   4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly
   5. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210906.html
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   7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luoxiao_Mountains
   8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunan
   9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China
  10. https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/objects/milkyway1.html
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