¿ 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. 2020 April 21 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. Eye on the Milky Way Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Miguel Claro ([5]TWAN, [6]Dark Sky Alqueva) Explanation: Have you ever had [7]stars in your eyes? It appears that the eye on the left does, and moreover it appears to be gazing at even more stars. The [8]featured 27-frame mosaic was taken last July from [9]Ojas de Salar in the [10]Atacama Desert of [11]Chile. The eye is actually a small [12]lagoon captured reflecting the [13]dark night sky as the Milky Way Galaxy arched overhead. The seemingly smooth band of the [14]Milky Way is really composed of billions of stars, but decorated with filaments of light-absorbing dust and [15]red-glowing nebulas. Additionally, both [16]Jupiter (slightly left the galactic arch) and [17]Saturn (slightly to the right) are visible. The lights of small towns dot the unusual vertical horizon. The [18]rocky terrain around the lagoon appears to some more like the surface of [19]Mars than our [20]Earth. Tomorrow's picture: earth day __________________________________________________________________ [21]< | [22]Archive | [23]Submissions | [24]Index | [25]Search | [26]Calendar | [27]RSS | [28]Education | [29]About APOD | [30]Discuss | [31]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [32]Robert Nemiroff ([33]MTU) & [34]Jerry Bonnell ([35]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [36]Specific rights apply. [37]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [38]ASD at [39]NASA / [40]GSFC & [41]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2004/EyeOnMW_Claro_1380.jpg 3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 4. http://www.miguelclaro.com/wp/ 5. http://www.twanight.org/claro 6. http://www.darkskyalqueva.com/ 7. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/stars-in-one-s-eyes--have 8. https://www.miguelclaro.com/wp/portfolio/from-ojos-del-salar-a-martian-eye-looks-deep-into-our-milky-way-galaxy/ 9. https://youtu.be/KQv2h1jEN2s?t=66 10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj7nxSCVG9Y 11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191104.html 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200408.html 14. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/285/the-milky-way-galaxy/ 15. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/emission_nebulae.html 16. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/jupiter/overview/ 17. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/saturn/overview/ 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap161005.html 19. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/mars/overview/ 20. https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-marks-earth-day-s-50th-anniversary-with-earthdayathome 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200420.html 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 25. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 30. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=200421 31. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200422.html 32. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 33. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 34. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 35. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 36. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 37. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 38. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 39. https://www.nasa.gov/ 40. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 41. http://www.mtu.edu/