Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                              2023 September 15
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                    Venus, Moon, and the Smoking Mountain
        Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Luis Miguel Meade Rodríguez

   Explanation: [5]Venus has returned as a [6]brilliant morning star. From
   a window seat on a flight to Mexico City, the bright celestial beacon
   was captured just before sunrise in this astronomical snapshot, taken
   on September 12. Venus, at the upper right, shared the early predawn
   skies with an [7]old crescent Moon. Seen from this stratospheric
   perspective, both mountain peaks and clouds appear in silhouette along
   a glowing eastern horizon. The dramatic, long, low cloud bank was
   created by venting from planet Earth's active volcano [8]Popocatépetl.

                      Tomorrow's picture: Fire over Ice
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   4. mailto: luismiguelmeade at hotmail dot com
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   7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210710.html
   8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popocatépetl
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