              APOD: 2018 June 9 - Countryside Mars and Milky Way

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                                  2018 June 9
                                      [2]
                        Countryside Mars and Milky Way
        Image Credit & Copyright [3] : Jose Luis Hernandez Verdejo [4]

Explanation: Mars shines brightly [5] now in planet Earth's sky. Seen with a
yellowish hue it rises over the hills and far away in this serene night
skyscape, a countryside panorama recorded last month from Parque Nacional de
Cabaneros in Spain. The Milky Way too [6] extends above the distant hills into
a starry sky. Its faint pinkish nebulae, cosmic rifts and rivers of dust are
mingled with the pale, diffuse glow of starlight. Mimicking Mars' [7]  yellow
tint, bright star Antares shines to the right of the central Milky Way
starclouds. Of course, CubeSats from Earth [8] are on their way to the Red
Planet.

                    Tomorrow's picture: the Y5B problem [9]

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