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Credit & Copyright: Dave Lane
Explanation:
Sometimes land and sky are both busy and beautiful.
The landscape pictured in the foreground encompasses
Bryce Canyon in
Utah,
USA, famous for its many interesting
rock structures eroded over millions of years.
The featured skyscape, photogenic in its own right, encompasses the
arching central disk of our
Milky Way Galaxy, the
short streaks of three passing planes near the horizon,
at least four long streaks that are likely
Eta Aquariid meteors,
and many stars including the three bright stars that
make up the
Summer Triangle.
The
featured image
is a digital panorama created from 12 smaller images during this date in 2014.
Recurring every year, yesterday and tonight mark the peak of
this
year's Eta Aquriids meteor shower, where a
patient
observer with dark skies and
dark-adapted
eyes might expect to see a
meteor every few minutes.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: meteors
Publications with words: meteors
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