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                                2024 July 19
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                 Anticrepuscular Rays at the Planet Festival
                Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Pavel Gabzdyl

   Explanation: [5]For some, these subtle bands of light and shadow
   stretched across the sky as the Sun set on July 11. Known as
   [6]anticrepuscular rays, the bands are formed as a large cloud bank
   near the western horizon cast [7]long shadows through the atmosphere at
   sunset. Due to the camera's perspective, the bands of light and shadow
   seem to converge toward the eastern (opposite) horizon at a point seen
   just above a 14th century [8]hilltop castle near Brno, Czech Republic.
   In the foreground, [9]denizens of planet Earth are enjoying the
   region's annual [10]Planet Festival in the park below the Brno
   Observatory and Planetarium. And while crepuscular and anticrepuscular
   rays are a relatively common atmospheric phenomenon, this festival's 10
   meter diameter inflatable spheres representing [11]bodies of the Solar
   System are less often seen [12]on planet Earth.

                Tomorrow's picture: panorama on another world
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References

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   3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply
   4. https://www.instagram.com/neuveritelne.brno/
   5. https://www.instagram.com/neuveritelne.brno/
   6. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200318.html
   7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220924.html
   8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160916.html
   9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Sunday_Afternoon_on_the_Island_of_La_Grande_Jatte#/media/File:A_Sunday_on_La_Grande_Jatte,_Georges_Seurat,_1884.jpg
  10. https://www.festivalplanetbrno.cz/
  11. https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/planets/
  12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2407/2024-07-11Pavel_models1024p.jpg
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