Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Heaven on Earth
Explanation:
If sometimes it appears that the entire Milky Way Galaxy [ http://www.seds.org…] is raining down on your head, do not despair. It happens twice a day. As the Sun rises [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] in the East, wonders of the night sky become less bright than the sunlight scattered [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] by our own Earth's atmosphere [ http://www.sciencem…], and so fade from view. They will only rotate back into view when the Earth again eclipses our bright Sun at dusk [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. This battle between heaven and Earth was captured dramatically above [ http://www.ne.jp/as…] during the last few minutes of daylight on 1999 August 10 in Koumi [ http://www.yahoo.co…], Japan [ http://www.odci.gov…]. Dark dust [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], millions of stars [ http://www.astro.wi…], and bright glowing red gas [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] highlight the plane [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] of our Milky Way Galaxy [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], which lies on average thousands of light years [ http://einstein.stc…] behind Earth [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]'s yellow and green reflecting clouds [ http://www-airs.jpl…].
Credit and Copyright:
Naoyuki Kurita [ mailto:kurita@privat e.email.ne.jp ]
keyword:
clouds
keyword:
Milky Way
facet_where:
Milky Way Galaxy
facet_where:
Japan
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
AIRS
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap001106

Heaven on Earth
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