Astronomy Picture of Day: Island Universe# Astronomy - 天文
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Island Universe, Cosmic Sand
Credit & Copyright: Rick Scott
Explanation: On August 13, while counting Perseid meteors under dark, early morning
Arizona skies, Rick Scott set out to photograph their fleeting but fiery trails. The equipment
he used included a telephoto lens and fast color film. After 21 pictures he'd caught only two
meteors, but luckily this was one of them. Tracking the sky, his ten minute long exposure
shows a field of many stars in our own Milky Way galaxy,
Credit & Copyright: Rick Scott
Explanation: On August 13, while counting Perseid meteors under dark, early morning
Arizona skies, Rick Scott set out to photograph their fleeting but fiery trails. The equipment
he used included a telephoto lens and fast color film. After 21 pictures he'd caught only two
meteors, but luckily this was one of them. Tracking the sky, his ten minute long exposure
shows a field of many stars in our own Milky Way galaxy,