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Credit & Copyright: Taha Ghouchkanlu
(TWAN)
Explanation:
A
postcard from planet Earth, this springtime night skyscape
looks over Alandan lake in the Alborz mountains.
Taken
after local midnight
on April 17, the central Milky Way
is rising over the region's southeast horizon.
Its luminous track of stars and nebulae
along the plane of our galaxy are reflected in
the mirror-like lake.
The brightest celestial beacon mingled with the diffuse galactic
starlight is Jupiter.
Slightly dimmer, Saturn is below and left just above the mountains.
As spring brought leaves to the trees and
the galactic center to the northern night
the photographer found it also
gave frogs their voices,
heard like a melody across the calm water.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
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See also:
- APOD: 2023 July 18 Á Milky Way above La Palma Observatory
- APOD: 2023 July 16 Á Meteor and Milky Way over the Alps
- APOD: 2023 July 2 Á Milky Way and Aurora over Antarctica
- APOD: 2023 June 20 Á The Nandu in the Milky Way
- APOD: 2023 May 29 Á Milky Way over a Turquoise Wonderland
- APOD: 2023 May 10 Á Milky Way over Egyptian Desert
- Milky Way and Zodiacal Light over Australian Pinnacles