[NASA] APOD: 2026 August 16 – Milky Way over Yellowstone

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3. APOD: 2026 August 16 – Milky…

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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.

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Milky Way over Yellowstone

Explanation: The Milky Way was not created by an evaporating lake. The colorful pool of water, about 10 meters across, is known as

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and is located in

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in

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. Illuminated artificially, the colors are caused by layers of

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that grow in the

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. Steam rises off

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, heated by underground

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associated with the

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. Unrelated and far in the distance, the

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of our

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arches high overhead, a band lit by billions of stars. The picture features a 16-image panorama taken in 2014. If the

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as it did about

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would be affected.

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Date	August 16, 2026
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