¿ 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 August 13 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. Jupiter and Saturn Rising Beyond Alien Throne Rock Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Marcin Zajac Explanation: What planets are those behind that unusual rock spire? [4]Saturn (lower left) and [5]Jupiter. This month, after sunset, the bright planetary duo are quite prominent toward the southeast. Now [6]your view of our Solar System's largest planets might not include a [7]picturesque [8]hoodoo in the foreground, nor the spectacular central band of our [9]Milky Way Galaxy across the background, but should be quite [10]eye-catching anyway. The featured image is a composite of consecutive foreground and background exposures all taken in late May with the same camera and from the same location -- the [11]badlands of the [12]Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness in the [13]San Juan Basin in [14]New Mexico, [15]USA. The rock spire, informally dubbed 'Alien Throne', stands about 3 meters tall. [16]Saturn and [17]Jupiter will remain visible together after sunset for several months. Tomorrow's picture: Space S __________________________________________________________________ [18]< | [19]Archive | [20]Submissions | [21]Index | [22]Search | [23]Calendar | [24]RSS | [25]Education | [26]About APOD | [27]Discuss | [28]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [29]Robert Nemiroff ([30]MTU) & [31]Jerry Bonnell ([32]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [33]Specific rights apply. [34]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [35]ASD at [36]NASA / [37]GSFC & [38]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2008/AlienThrone_Zajac_3807.jpg 3. mailto:%20mrcnzajac%20@at@%20gmail%20.dot.%20com 4. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/saturn/overview/ 5. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/jupiter/overview/ 6. https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/visible-planets-tonight-mars-jupiter-venus-saturn-mercury 7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080703.html 8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoodoo_(geology) 9. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/285/the-milky-way-galaxy/ 10. https://www.futurity.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/surprised-looking-dog_1600-300x172.jpg 11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badlands 12. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbPWUz422pE 13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Juan_Basin 14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico 15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States 16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200419.html 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190908.html 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200812.html 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 22. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 27. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=200813 28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200814.html 29. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 30. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 31. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 32. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 33. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 34. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 35. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 36. https://www.nasa.gov/ 37. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 38. http://www.mtu.edu/