Credit & Copyright: Derek Demeter
(Emil Buehler Planetarium)
Explanation:
What creature lurks near the red Lagoon nebula?
Mars.
This gorgeous
color deep-sky photograph has captured the red planet passing below two
notable nebulae -- cataloged by the 18th century cosmic registrar
Charles
Messier as M8 and M20.
M20 (upper right of center),
the Trifid Nebula, presents a striking contrast in
red/blue colors and dark dust lanes.
Just below
and to the left is the expansive, alluring red glow of M8,
the Lagoon Nebula.
Both nebulae are a few thousand
light-years distant.
By comparison,
temporarily situated below them both,
is the dominant "local" celestial beacon
Mars.
Taken late last month while near its closest approach to the Earth,
the red planet
was only a few light-minutes away.
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