Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                                2024 July 29
    [2]A starry sky is shown with the busy central band of our Milky Way
        Galaxy showing rising diagonally from the lower right. In the
    foreground are flat grasslands leading up to a huge orange rock mound
   named Uluru. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

                            Milky Way over Uluru
                   Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Max Inwood

   Explanation: What's happening above Uluru? A [4]United Nations World
   Heritage Site, [5]Uluru is an extraordinary 350-meter high mountain in
   central [6]Australia that rises sharply from nearly flat surroundings.
   Composed of [7]sandstone, Uluru has [8]slowly formed over the past 300
   million years as softer rock eroded away. The [9]Uluru region has been
   a [10]home to humans for [11]over 22,000 years. [12]Recorded last
   month, the starry sky above [13]Uluru includes the central band of our
   [14]Milky Way galaxy, complete with complex dark filaments of [15]dust,
   bright red [16]emission [17]nebulas, and [18]billions of stars.

                       Tomorrow's picture: big penguin
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References

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   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2407/UluruMilkyWay_Inwood_1350.jpg
   3. https://www.instagram.com/max.nti/
   4. https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/
   5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uluru
   6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia
   7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkose
   8. https://parksaustralia.gov.au/uluru/discover/nature/geology/
   9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150730.html
  10. https://ulurutoursaustralia.com.au/blog/the-significance-of-uluru-to-australian-indigenous-culture/
  11. https://northernterritory.com/uluru-and-surrounds/destinations/kata-tjuta-the-olgas
  12. https://www.instagram.com/p/C87AnVopYM4/
  13. https://youtu.be/xUADPqYbnvI
  14. https://science.nasa.gov/resource/the-milky-way-galaxy/
  15. https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/D/Dust+Grain
  16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181112.html
  17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230515.html
  18. https://media.istockphoto.com/id/924327272/photo/gray-kitten-on-black-background.jpg?s=612x612&w=0&k=20&c=uW_WOoIvPX-fwSDLaI2jPemyWNtbKtF64xdd41fDdHg=
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  30. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html
  31. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/
  32. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html
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