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. 2021 March 5 [2]See Explanation. Moving the cursor over the image will bring up an annotated version. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. A Little Like Mars Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Robert Barsa Explanation: [5]The surface of this planet looks a little [6]like Mars. It's really planet Earth [7]though. In a digitally stitched little planet projection, the 360 degree mosaic was captured near San Pedro in the Chilean [8]Atacama desert. Telescopes in domes on the horizon are taking advantage of the region's famously dark, clear nights. Taken in early December, a magnificent [9]Milky Way arcs above the horizon for almost 180 degrees around the little planet with Orion prominent in the southern sky. A familiar constellation [10]upside down for northern hemisphere skygazers, Orion shares that southern December night almost opposite the Large and Small Magellanic clouds. But the Red Planet itself is the brightest yellowish celestial beacon in [11]this little planet sky. Please take a short survey in aesthetics & astronomy: [12]Sonification Tomorrow's picture: light-weekend __________________________________________________________________ [13]< | [14]Archive | [15]Submissions | [16]Index | [17]Search | [18]Calendar | [19]RSS | [20]Education | [21]About APOD | [22]Discuss | [23]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [24]Robert Nemiroff ([25]MTU) & [26]Jerry Bonnell ([27]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [28]Specific rights apply. [29]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [30]ASD at [31]NASA / [32]GSFC & [33]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2103/Barsa-LikealittleMars.jpg 3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 4. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIHoxEW5KCrauukwBYFM5-A/ 5. https://www.nasa.gov/perseverance 6. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150822.html 7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap131024.html 8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190914.html 9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210122.html 10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100115.html 11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2103/Barsa-LikealittleMars1024-annotated.jpg 12. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/chandrasonify 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210304.html 14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 15. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 17. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 22. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=210305 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210306.html 24. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 25. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 26. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 27. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 29. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 30. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 31. https://www.nasa.gov/ 32. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 33. http://www.mtu.edu/