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Milky Way Over Yellowstone: A Cosmic and Geothermal Spectacle
Key Takeaways
- NASA's APOD for August 16, 2026, features a 16-image panorama of the Milky Way over Yellowstone's Silex Spring.
- Silex Spring is a hot spring about 10 meters across, colored by layers of bacteria.
- The image was taken in 2014 by Dave Lane.
- The Yellowstone Hotspot heats the spring and has caused supervolcanic eruptions in the past, with the last one about 640,000 years ago.
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DT Editorial Team··via science.nasa.gov