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 November 30 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. Winter and Summer on a Little Planet Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Camille Niel Explanation: Winter and summer appear to come on a single night to this [5]stunning little planet. It's planet Earth of course. The [6]digitally mapped, nadir centered panorama covers 360x180 degrees and is composed of frames recorded during January and July from the [7]Col du Galibier in the French Alps. Stars and nebulae of the northern winter (bottom) and summer Milky Way form the complete arcs traversing the rugged, curved horizon. Cars driving along on the road during a summer night illuminate the 2,642 meter high mountain pass, but snow makes access difficult during winter months except by [8]serious ski touring. [9]Cycling fans will recognize the Col du Galibier as one of the most famous climbs in planet Earth's Tour de France. Tomorrow's picture: everyone's latte is ready __________________________________________________________________ [10]< | [11]Archive | [12]Submissions | [13]Index | [14]Search | [15]Calendar | [16]RSS | [17]Education | [18]About APOD | [19]Discuss | [20]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [21]Robert Nemiroff ([22]MTU) & [23]Jerry Bonnell ([24]UMCP) NASA Official: Amber Straughn [25]Specific rights apply. [26]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [27]ASD at [28]NASA / [29]GSFC, [30]NASA Science Activation & [31]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2411/LittleplanetGalibier-CamilleNIEL2048.jpg 3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 4. https://www.instagram.com/camille.niel_photography/ 5. https://www.instagram.com/camille.niel_photography/p/C270AVzrKcp/?img_index=1 6. http://srcematematike.si/2014/03/09/math-behind-tiny-planets/ 7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Col_du_Galibier 8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDlF0VMtCZY 9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap201002.html 10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241129.html 11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 14. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 15. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 19. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=241130 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241201.html 21. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 22. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 23. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 24. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 26. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 27. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 28. https://www.nasa.gov/ 29. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 30. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 31. http://www.mtu.edu/