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Astronomy Picture of the Day
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.
Night Hides the World
Explanation: Stars come out as evening twilight fades in this serene skyscape following the Persian proverb “Night hides the world, but reveals a universe.” The scene finds the Sun setting over northern Kenya and the night will soon hide the shores of Lake Turkana , home to many Nile crocodiles . The region is also known for its abundance of hominid fossils. On that past November night, a brilliant Venus, then the world's evening star , dominates the starry skies above. But also revealed are faint stars, cosmic dust clouds, and glowing nebulae along the graceful arc of our own Milky Way galaxy .
| Date | October 16, 2015 |
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| Credit | Image Credit & Copyright: Babak Tafreshi ( TWAN ) |
| Authors & editors: | Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) |
| A service of: |
ASD at NASA / GSFC, NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U. |