Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                                 2020 May 23
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                      Ghost Fungus to Magellanic Cloud
                  Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Gill Fry

   Explanation: Stars shine and satellites glint in this clear, dark,
   night sky over Wannon Falls Reserve, South West Victoria, Australia. In
   fact the fuzzy, faint apparition above the tree tops is the only cloud
   visible, also known as the [5]Large Magellanic Cloud, satellite galaxy
   of our own Milky Way. In the foreground, an [6]Omphalotus nidiformis
   (ghost fungus) from [7]planet Earth shines with a surprisingly bright
   [8]bioluminescence. Like the Magellanic cloud, the ghost fungus was
   easily seen with the eye. Its ghostly glow was actually a dull green,
   but it appears bright green in digital camera picture. Two images were
   blended to create the scene. One focused on the distant stars and Large
   Magellanic Cloud some 160,000 light-years away. Another was focused on
   the foreground and glowing fungus several [9]light-nanoseconds from the
   camera lens.

                Tomorrow's picture: the grand canyon of Mars
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