Yosemite Winter NightImage Credit & Copyright: Wally Pacholka (AstroPics.com, TWAN)
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap121225.htmlIn this evocative night skyscape a starry band of the Milky Way climbs over Yosemite Valley, Sierra Nevada Range, planet Earth. Jupiter is the brightest celestial beacon on the wintry scene, though. Standing nearly opposite the Sun in the constellation Taurus, the wandering planet joins yellowish Aldebaran and the Hyades star cluster. Below, Orion always comes up sideways over...
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