¿ 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 September 7 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. The Milky Way over St Michael's Mount Image Credit: [3]Simon R. Hudson Explanation: Where do land and sky converge? On every [4]horizon -- but in this case the path on the ground leads to [5]St Michael's Mount (Cornish: Karrek Loos yn Koos), a small historic island in [6]Cornwall, [7]England. The Mount is usually surrounded by shallow water, but at low [8]tide is spanned by a human-constructed causeway. The path on the sky, actually the central band of our [9]Milky Way Galaxy, also appears to lead to [10]St Michael's Mount, but really lies far in the distance. The red nebula in the Milky Way, just above the [11]castle, is the [12]Lagoon Nebula, while bright [13]Jupiter shines to the left, and a luminous [14]meteor flashes to the right. The foreground and background images of [15]this featured composite were taken on the same July night and from the same location. Although [16]meteors are fleeting and the [17]Milky Way disk shifts in the night [18]as the Earth turns, Jupiter will remain [19]prominent in the sunset sky into December. Moon Occults Mars: [20]Notable images submitted to APOD Tomorrow's picture: unexpected black holes collide __________________________________________________________________ [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/2009/StMiMo_Hudson_2048.jpg 3. https://www.flickr.com/people/148532254@N02/ 4. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap171125.html 5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Michael%27s_Mount 6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwall 7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England 8. https://scijinks.gov/tides/ 9. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/285/the-milky-way-galaxy/ 10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5nSMEp7AB8 11. https://www.stmichaelsmount.co.uk/explore-the-mount/castle 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181112.html 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180226.html 14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200817.html 15. https://www.flickr.com/photos/148532254@N02/50143817923/in/pool-apods/ 16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081125.html 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190108.html 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200701.html 19. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjqvXVUWvEQ 20. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2935709506533249 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200906.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=200907 31. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200908.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/