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                                 2024 February 17   
      
                           Meteor over the Bay of Naples   
               Image Credit & Copyright: Wang Letian (Eyes at Night)   
      
      Explanation: A cosmic dust grain plowing through the upper atmosphere   
      much faster than a falling leaf created this brilliant meteor streak.   
      In a serendipitous moment, the sublime night sky view was captured from   
      the resort island of Capri, in the Bay of Naples, on the evening of   
      February 8. Looking across the bay, the camera faces northeast toward   
      the lights of Naples and surrounding cities. Pointing toward the   
      horizon, the meteor streak by chance ends above the silhouette of Mount   
      Vesuvius. One of planet Earth's most famous volcanos, an eruption of   
      Mount Vesuvius destroyed the city of Pompeii in 79 AD.   
      
                        Tomorrow's picture: nearly perfect   
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