Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
A Dark and Stormy Night
Explanation:
It was a dark and stormy night [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. But on August 29th the red planet Mars, near its closest approach [ http://hubblesite.o…] to Earth in almost 60,000 years, shone brightly in the sky against a background of stars in the constellation Aquarius [ http://allthesky.co…constell.html ]. In the foreground of this scary view [ http://www.allthesk…], huge thunder clouds are lit by lightning strokes [ http://thunder.msfc…] from within. Mars [ http://mars.jpl.nas…], of course, has nothing to do with storms on Earth, though both have the power to excite the imagination [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and wonder of Earthdwellers [ http://www.fourmila…]. And who knows [ http://www.cccoe.k1…] what luminous [ http://www.spacewea…] sights you might see if you go out tonight? Have a safe and Happy Halloween [ http://kids.msfc.na…Halloween.asp ]!
Credit and Copyright:
T. Credner [ mailto:credner at AlltheSky.com ] & S. Kohle, AlltheSky.com [ http://allthesky.co…]
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where:
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Aquarius
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap031031

A Dark and Stormy Night
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