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. 2024 July 29 [2]A starry sky is shown with the busy central band of our Milky Way Galaxy showing rising diagonally from the lower right. In the foreground are flat grasslands leading up to a huge orange rock mound named Uluru. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. Milky Way over Uluru Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Max Inwood Explanation: What's happening above Uluru? A [4]United Nations World Heritage Site, [5]Uluru is an extraordinary 350-meter high mountain in central [6]Australia that rises sharply from nearly flat surroundings. Composed of [7]sandstone, Uluru has [8]slowly formed over the past 300 million years as softer rock eroded away. The [9]Uluru region has been a [10]home to humans for [11]over 22,000 years. [12]Recorded last month, the starry sky above [13]Uluru includes the central band of our [14]Milky Way galaxy, complete with complex dark filaments of [15]dust, bright red [16]emission [17]nebulas, and [18]billions of stars. Tomorrow's picture: big penguin __________________________________________________________________ [19]< | [20]Archive | [21]Submissions | [22]Index | [23]Search | [24]Calendar | [25]RSS | [26]Education | [27]About APOD | [28]Discuss | [29]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [30]Robert Nemiroff ([31]MTU) & [32]Jerry Bonnell ([33]UMCP) NASA Official: Amber Straughn [34]Specific rights apply. [35]NASA Web Privacy, [36]Accessibility, [37]Notices; A service of: [38]ASD at [39]NASA / [40]GSFC, [41]NASA Science Activation & [42]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2407/UluruMilkyWay_Inwood_1350.jpg 3. https://www.instagram.com/max.nti/ 4. https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/ 5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uluru 6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia 7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkose 8. https://parksaustralia.gov.au/uluru/discover/nature/geology/ 9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150730.html 10. https://ulurutoursaustralia.com.au/blog/the-significance-of-uluru-to-australian-indigenous-culture/ 11. https://northernterritory.com/uluru-and-surrounds/destinations/kata-tjuta-the-olgas 12. https://www.instagram.com/p/C87AnVopYM4/ 13. https://youtu.be/xUADPqYbnvI 14. https://science.nasa.gov/resource/the-milky-way-galaxy/ 15. https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/D/Dust+Grain 16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181112.html 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230515.html 18. https://media.istockphoto.com/id/924327272/photo/gray-kitten-on-black-background.jpg?s=612x612&w=0&k=20&c=uW_WOoIvPX-fwSDLaI2jPemyWNtbKtF64xdd41fDdHg= 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240728.html 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 23. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 25. https://apod.com/feed.rss 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 28. https://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=240729 29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240730.html 30. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 31. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 32. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 33. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 34. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 35. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 36. https://www.nasa.gov/general/accessibility/ 37. https://www.nasa.gov/privacy/ 38. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 39. https://www.nasa.gov/ 40. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 41. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 42. http://www.mtu.edu/