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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       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.   
      
                                    2022 May 16   
      
                         Milky Way over French Alp Hoodoos   
                    Image Credit & Copyright: Benjamin Barakat   
      
      Explanation: Real castles aren't this old. And the background galaxy is   
      even older. Looking a bit like an alien castle, the pictured rock   
      spires are called hoodoos and are likely millions of years old. Rare,   
      but found around the world, hoodoos form when dense rocks slow the   
      erosion of softer rock underneath. The pictured hoodoos survive in the   
      French Alps and are named Demoiselles Coiff+¬es -- which translates to   
      English as "Ladies with Hairdos". The background galaxy is part of the   
      central disk of our own Milky Way galaxy and contains stars that are   
      typically billions of years old. The photogenic Cygnus sky region --   
      rich in dusty dark clouds and red glowing nebulas -- appears just above   
      and behind the hoodoos. The featured image was taken in two stages: the   
      foreground was captured during the evening blue hour, while the   
      background was acquired from the same location later that night.   
      
                        Tomorrow's picture: shells of stars   
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