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Credit & Copyright: Petteri Kankaro
Explanation:
In this serene view,
the moons of Earth along with
the bright planet Mars shine above
the city of Turku near the southwestern tip of Finland.
Of course Earth's large natural satellite,
the
Moon, at a distance of 400,000 kilometers,
is by far the brightest object in this sky.
But growing brighter and
closer by the hour, Mars appears as
the impressively bright "star" at the right, about 64 million
kilometers from Turku.
Streaking across the twilight sky between the two celestial beacons,
Earth's largest artificial moon,
the International
Space Station,
orbits about 400 kilometers above the planet's surface.
To capture the moment, amateur astronomer
Petteri
Kankaro used a digital camera and combined exposures beginning
at 23:34 Universal Time on July 17th.
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Publications with keywords: Moon - Mars - international space station
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