﻿ 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. 2022 August 23 [2]The featured image shows a beach nighscape featuring a bright meteor, the band of our Milky Way Galaxy, and a small island in the Mediterranean Sea of France. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. Meteor & Milky Way over the Mediterranean Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Julien Looten Explanation: Careful planning made this a nightscape to remember. First, the night itself was chosen to occur during the beginning of this year's [4]Perseid Meteor Shower. Next, the time of night was chosen to be before the [5]bright Moon would rise and dominate the [6]night sky's brightness. The picturesque foreground was selected to be a rocky beach of the [7]Mediterranean Sea in Le Dramont, [8]France, with, at the time, [9]île d’Or [10]island situated near the ominously descending central band of our [11]Milky Way [12]Galaxy. Once everything was set and with the weather cooperating, all of the frames for [13]this seemingly surreal nightscape were acquired within 15 minutes. What you [14]can't see is that, on this night, the astrophotographer brought along his father who, although unskilled in modern sky-capture techniques, once made it a point to [15]teach his child about the sky. Perseid Meteor Shower 2022 Gallery: [16]Notable Submissions to APOD Tomorrow's picture: wheel of galaxy __________________________________________________________________ [17]< | [18]Archive | [19]Submissions | [20]Index | [21]Search | [22]Calendar | [23]RSS | [24]Education | [25]About APOD | [26]Discuss | [27]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [28]Robert Nemiroff ([29]MTU) & [30]Jerry Bonnell ([31]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [32]Specific rights apply. [33]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [34]ASD at [35]NASA / [36]GSFC, [37]NASA Science Activation & [38]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2208/MeteorGalaxy_Looten_6325.jpg 3. https://www.instagram.com/j.looten/ 4. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/meteors-and-meteorites/perseids/in-depth/ 5. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200224.html 6. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200408.html 7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea 8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France 9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Île_d'Or 10. https://youtu.be/GpZdB75AjkU 11. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/285/the-milky-way-galaxy/ 12. https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/galaxy/en/ 13. https://www.flickr.com/photos/julienlooten/52285520553/in/datetaken-public/ 14. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0371/9753/articles/zx7seunaq4dakrrjiccc_1044x.jpg 15. https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/ 16. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4965149576922555&type=3 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220822.html 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 21. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 26. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=220823 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220824.html 28. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 29. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 30. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 31. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 32. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 33. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 34. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 35. https://www.nasa.gov/ 36. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 37. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 38. http://www.mtu.edu/