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31 minutes ago, Enrico_sw said:

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I found this picture of the Milky Way over the Andes. I think that it was taken in Chile.

Very nice place and picture.

 

Milky way.jpg

 

Amazing picture!

I don't recognize where could it be though.

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4 minutes ago, Stormbringer said:

 

Amazing picture!

I don't recognize where could it be though.

 

It says "Cerro Pintor". Does it make sense?

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4 hours ago, Enrico_sw said:

 

It says "Cerro Pintor". Does it make sense?

 

Yes! That is rather close to Santiago.

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Star trails and fireflies!

(long exposure pictures are often very nice)

 

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The Ghost Nebula

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The Little Ghost Nebula

Little ghost nebula.jpg

 

 

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The Ghost Head Nebula

(space is incredibly beautiful)

Ghost Head Nebula.jpg

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An eruption on Io (one of Jupiter's moons and the most volcanically active one)

By Voyager 1

Io eruption vue par Voyager 1.jpg

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The Cigar Galaxy (aka Messier 82 or NGC 3034)

Galaxie du cigare.jpg

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Jupiter's South Pole

(taken by Juno)

 

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@Lyla It's the season of Northern Lights (aka Aurora Borealis) in Iceland. And the ones above Reynisdrangar are great!

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Beautiful! 

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One of Saturn's Auroras

Saturne.jpg

 

 

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^ Awesome!!    

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The orbits of outer planets by Belén Bergagna!

 

Thanks for this  @ALPAT  It's a wonderful picture!

 

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The Lagoon nebula. A stellar nursery located around 5 000 light-years away from earth. It's a cloud that makes baby stars.

The nebula can be visible with the naked eye (though it's much better with a telescope)

Lagoon Nebula.jpg

 

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Storm with bright cloud tops in the northern hemisphere of Jupiter

(picture taken by Juno spacecraft)

Rose storm - Jupiter.jpg

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The sun in three different ultraviolet wavelengths (304 Å, 193 Å, 171 Å), that can't be seen with the naked eye. They allow to see spicules // coronal holes (quite big) // strands of plasma.

 

By NASA

https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/archive/PIA22360_Compare_features_big.mp4

Soleil 3 LO.jpg

 

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NGC 3603 is wonderful. HII regions are often sexy! 

She is 20 000 light-years away from us and she is a beauty.

NGC 3603.jpg

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NASA, ULA Launch Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission to Red Planet

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-ula-launch-mars-2020-perseverance-rover-mission-to-red-planet

  Finally some good stuff coming from 2020 (which had been a sh*** year so far)

 

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