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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Seeking Venus under the Spitzkoppe Arch
NASA ^ | November 03, 2015 | (see photo credit)

Posted on 11/03/2015 9:33:59 AM PST by SunkenCiv

Explanation: What's that in the sky? Although there was much to see in this spectacular panorama taken during the early morning hours of a day in late September, the brightest object in the sky was clearly the planet Venus. In the featured image, Venus was captured actually through a natural rock bridge, itself picturesque, in Spitzkoppe, Namibia. The planet, on the left of the opening, was complemented by a silhouette of the astrophotographer on the right. Above and beyond the rock bridge were many famous icons of a dark night sky, including, from left to right, the Pleiades star cluster, the Orion Nebula, the bright star Sirius, and the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. This week, Venus remains visible to the east in the pre-dawn sky, being complemented by Mars, which is angularly quite close.

November 03, 2015

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; largemagellaniccloud; mars; namibia; nebula; orionnebula; pleiades; science; sirius; smallmagellaniccloud; spitzkoppearch; venus
[Credit and Copyright: Petr Horálek; Rollover Annotation: Judy Schmidt]

1 posted on 11/03/2015 9:33:59 AM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; dayglored; ...
The Big One

2 posted on 11/03/2015 9:34:37 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Spitzkoppe, Namibia

The good old days of German South-West Africa.

3 posted on 11/03/2015 9:43:18 AM PST by MUDDOG
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To: SunkenCiv

Wish they would include the equipment and settings on these...

Great picture however.


4 posted on 11/03/2015 9:48:46 AM PST by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Go Egypt on 0bama)
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To: MUDDOG; SunkenCiv
Mad Max: Thunder Road was filmed in Namibia, near the old German port of Swakopmund.

Turns out Australia has become too developed and too wet to look post-apocalyptic these days.

5 posted on 11/03/2015 2:15:59 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: colorado tanker

Nice! Glad it’s getting some use.


6 posted on 11/03/2015 2:22:09 PM PST by MUDDOG
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To: MUDDOG

I understand the place is getting a second life from a new mine and tourism. The place is on the coast and has a decent climate for a desert.


7 posted on 11/03/2015 2:38:11 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: colorado tanker

:’)


8 posted on 11/03/2015 4:31:13 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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