﻿ 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 February 4 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. A Sunset Night Sky over the Grand Canyon Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Robert Q. Fugate Explanation: Seeing mountain peaks glow red from [4]inside the Grand Canyon was one of the most incredible sunset experiences of this amateur photographer's life. They appeared even more incredible later, when digitally combined with an [5]exposure of the night sky -- taken by the same camera and from the same location -- an hour later. The two images were taken last August from the 220 Mile Canyon campsite on the [6]Colorado River, [7]Colorado, [8]USA. The peaks glow red because they were lit by an [9]usually red sunset. Later, high above, the band of the [10]Milky Way Galaxy angled dramatically down, filled with stars, nebula, and dark clouds of dust. To the Milky Way's left is the planet [11]Saturn, while to the right is the brighter [12]Jupiter. Although [13]Jupiter and [14]Saturn are now hard to see, [15]Venus will be [16]visible and quite bright to the west in clear skies, just after sunset, for the next two months. Astrophotography with Your Computer: [17]NASA's Astrophoto Challenges Tomorrow's picture: many moon __________________________________________________________________ [18]< | [19]Archive | [20]Submissions | [21]Index | [22]Search | [23]Calendar | [24]RSS | [25]Education | [26]About APOD | [27]Discuss | [28]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [29]Robert Nemiroff ([30]MTU) & [31]Jerry Bonnell ([32]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [33]Specific rights apply. [34]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [35]ASD at [36]NASA / [37]GSFC & [38]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2002/GrandCanyonSunset_Fugate_6586.jpg 3. https://www.rqfphoto.com/ 4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlpzAvQ8t8s 5. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170522.html 6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAfa8LKRVx8 7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado 8. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html 9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap980526.html 10. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/285/the-milky-way-galaxy/ 11. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/saturn/overview/ 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200129.html 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190908.html 14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170829.html 15. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/venus/in-depth/ 16. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/whats-up-skywatching-tips-from-nasa/ 17. https://mo-www.cfa.harvard.edu/OWN/astrophoto/ 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200203.html 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 22. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 27. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=200204 28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200205.html 29. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 30. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 31. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 32. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 33. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 34. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 35. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 36. https://www.nasa.gov/ 37. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 38. http://www.mtu.edu/