May 29, 2012
Somewhere above you, light is arriving from places so distant their names feel like poetry.
Sentinels of the Arctic
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APOD published May 29, 2012. Credit: Niccol� Bonfadini. A publication-date match, not a photo taken on your date. Independent of NASA.
Who guards the north? Judging from the above photograph, possibly giant trees covered in snow and ice. The picture was taken last winter in Finnish Lapland where weather can include sub-freezing temperatures and driving snow. Surreal landscapes sometimes result, where common trees become cloaked in white and so appear, to some, as watchful aliens. Far in the distance, behind this uncommon Earthly vista, is a more common sight -- a Belt of Venus that divided a darkened from sunlit sky as the Sun rose behind the photographer. Of course, in the spring, the trees have thawed and Lapland looks much different. Astronomy Seminar of the Week: The 2012 Transit of Venus
Image credit: Niccol� Bonfadini