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.

                               2020 January 29
    [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest
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                         Milky Way over Yellowstone
                  Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Lori Jacobs

   Explanation: The Milky Way was not created by an evaporating lake.
   [4]The pool of vivid blue water, about 10 meters across, is known as
   [5]Silex Spring and is located in [6]Yellowstone National Park in
   [7]Wyoming, [8]USA. Steam rises off [9]the spring, heated by a
   [10]magma chamber deep underneath known as the [11]Yellowstone hotspot.
   The steam blurs the image of [12]Venus, making it seem unusually large.
   Unrelated and far in the distance, the [13]central band of our
   [14]Milky Way Galaxy rises high overhead, a band lit by billions of
   stars. The featured picture is a 3-image panorama taken last August. If
   the [15]Yellowstone hotspot causes another [16]supervolcanic eruption
   as it did [17]640,000 years ago, a [18]large part of North America
   would be affected.

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References

   1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2001/StoneyWay_Jacobs_4754.jpg
   3. mailto: loribea at me dot com
   4. https://goo.gl/maps/ZcydY
   5. http://www.nps.gov/features/yell/tours/fountainpaint/silexspring.htm
   6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RDYVVmVR2U
   7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming
   8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states
   9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jQNg_q-KzY
  10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_Hotspot#mediaviewer/File:Yellowstone_Caldera.svg
  11. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_hotspot
  12. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/venus/in-depth/
  13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110710.html
  14. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GLAST/science/milky_way_galaxy.html
  15. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0c7wcpJslg
  16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supervolcano
  17. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava_Creek_Tuff
  18. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava_Creek_Tuff#mediaviewer/File:LavaCreekTuff.jpg
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