Astronomy Picture of the Day · July 24, 2013

A Year of Sky on Earth

The Astronomy Picture of the Day for July 24, 2013 is “A Year of Sky on Earth,” a video. The video is copyrighted by its creator (Video Credit & Copyright: Ken Murphy ( MurphLab ); Music Ariel ( Moby )). The original explanation runs about 217 words.

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Credit: Video Credit & Copyright: Ken Murphy ( MurphLab ); Music Ariel ( Moby ) Copyrighted Shown from the original page. Not hosted by OpenOrbit.

From the explanation

“Each panel shows one day. With 360 movie panels, the sky over (almost) an entire year is shown in time lapse format as recorded by a video camera on the roof of the Exploratorium museum in San Francisco , California .”

— APOD editors, July 24, 2013

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At a glance

Date: July 24, 2013
Type: Video
Credit: Credit: Video Credit & Copyright: Ken Murphy ( MurphLab ); Music Ariel ( Moby )
Copyright: Copyrighted by the credited creator. Ask the copyright holder before reusing it.
Explanation length: About 217 words

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Source

Astronomy Picture of the Day, July 24, 2013 — science.nasa.gov/image-article/apod-2013-july-24-a-year-of-sky-on-earth

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