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Mars and Meteor over Jade Dragon Snow Mountain
Explanation: A brilliant yellowish celestial beacon, Mars still dazzles in the night. Peering between clouds the wandering planet was briefly joined by the flash of a meteor in this moonless dark sky on November 18. The single exposure was taken as the Earth swept up dust from periodic comet Tempel-Tuttle during the annual Leonid Meteor Shower . The view of a rugged western horizon looks along the Yulong mountain range in Yunnan province, southwestern China. Yulong ( Jade Dragon ) Snow Mountain lies below the clouds and beyond the end of the meteor streak.
| Date | November 21, 2020 |
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| Credit | Image Credit & Copyright: Jeff Dai ( TWAN ) |
| Authors & editors: | Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) |
| A service of: |
ASD at NASA / GSFC, NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U. |