                        Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                               2022 January 16

                     A Retreating Thunderstorm at Sunset
            Image Credit & Copyright: Alan Dyer (The Amazing Sky)

   Explanation: What type of cloud is that? This retreating cumulonimbus
   cloud, more commonly called a thundercloud, is somewhat unusual as it
   contains the unusual bumpiness of a mammatus cloud on the near end,
   while simultaneously producing falling rain on the far end. Taken in
   mid-2013 in southern Alberta, Canada, the cloud is moving to the east,
   into the distance, as the sun sets in the west, behind the camera. In
   the featured image, graphic sunset colors cross the sky to give the
   already photogenic cloud striking orange and pink hues. A darkening
   blue sky covers the background. Further in the distance, a rising,
   waxing, gibbous moon is visible on the far right.

                   Tomorrow's picture: angular space dust
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