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.

                                 2025 July 1
         [2]A fisheye image of the sky is shown on the left with the
   landscape-foreground surrounding it. The plane of our Milky Way Galaxy
   runs down the center. At first glance the sky looks like oddly like an
        eye of a dragon. Please see the explanation for more detailed
                                information.

                              Eye Sky a Dragon
                  Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Anton Komlev

   Explanation: What do you see when you look into this sky? In the
   center, in the dark, do you see a [4]night sky filled with stars? Do
   you see a [5]sunset to the left? Clouds all around? Do you see the
   central band of our [6]Milky Way Galaxy running down the middle? Do you
   see the [7]ruins of an [8]abandoned outpost on a hill? (The outpost is
   on [9]Askold Island, [10]Russia.) Do you see a photographer with a
   headlamp contemplating [11]surreal surroundings? (The [12]featured
   image is a panorama of 38 images taken last month and compiled into a
   [13]Little Planet projection.) Do you see a rugged path lined with
   [14]steps? Or do you see the [15]eye of a dragon?

                        Tomorrow's picture: in spired
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    Authors & editors: [27]Robert Nemiroff ([28]MTU) & [29]Jerry Bonnell
                                 ([30]UMCP)
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                         [38]NASA Science Activation
                           & [39]Michigan Tech. U.

References

   1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2507/EyeDragonSky_Komlev_2000.jpg
   3. https://www.instagram.com/komlev.av/
   4. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190516.html
   5. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170120.html
   6. https://science.nasa.gov/resource/the-milky-way-galaxy/
   7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZS7b-u41Ks
   8. https://www.rbth.com/arts/travel/2013/09/27/islands_of_riches_off_vladivostok_29725
   9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBRMXR8y9Nc
  10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia
  11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170110.html
  12. https://www.instagram.com/p/B1r5mYWIi9k/
  13. https://www.photographymad.com/pages/view/little-planet-photos-5-simple-steps-to-making-panorama-worlds
  14. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a3/Escher's_Relativity.jpg
  15. http://getwallpapers.com/collection/dragon-eye-wallpaper
  16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250630.html
  17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
  18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html
  19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html
  20. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search
  21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html
  22. https://apod.com/feed.rss
  23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html
  24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html
  25. https://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=250701
  26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250702.html
  27. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html
  28. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/
  29. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html
  30. http://www.astro.umd.edu/
  31. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply
  32. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html
  33. https://www.nasa.gov/general/accessibility/
  34. https://www.nasa.gov/privacy/
  35. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/
  36. https://www.nasa.gov/
  37. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/
  38. https://science.nasa.gov/learners
  39. http://www.mtu.edu/