Photo of the Week - Pic du Midi Observatory
Feb 1, 2008 at 11:00AM
Doug in Photography, Science

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This dreamlike view looking south from the historic mountain top Pic du Midi Observatory combines moonlit domes, a winter night sky, and the snowy peaks of the French Pyrenees. Encroaching on the night, lights from the La Mongie ski resort illuminate the mountain slopes nearby while the glow along the distant horizon is from urban areas in southern France and Spain. The image was NASA’s January 25 Astronomy Picture of the Day.

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