Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                               2022 August 26
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                          Little Planet South Pole
                Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Aman Chokshi

   Explanation: Lights play around the horizon of this snowy little planet
   as it drifts through a starry night sky. Of course the little planet is
   actually [5]planet Earth. Recorded on August 21, the digitally warped,
   [6]nadir centered panorama covers nearly 360x180 degrees outside the
   [7]Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica. The southernmost
   research outpost is near the horizon at the top where the light of dawn
   is approaching after nearly six months of darkness. Along the bottom is
   the ceremonial pole marker surrounded by the 12 flags of the original
   signatories of the Antarctic treaty, with a wild display of the
   [8]aurora australis above.

                      Tomorrow's picture: light-weekend
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