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Halo from Atacama

NASA APOD · Yuri Beletsky
COSMIC MESSAGE

Even in Chile's high Atacama Desert, clouds can appear. This image shows the domes of the twin 6.5 meter Magellan telescopes of Carnegie Las Campanas Observatory. A first quarter Moon and bright stars shine through, with the lunar disk surrounded by a beautiful, bright halo.

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ZODIAC CONTEXT
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TAURUS

In tropical astrology, 18 MAY 2016 falls under Taurus (♉). The sign's window runs from 04-20 through 05-20. Taurus holds the Pleiades star cluster and Aldebaran, the red giant that marks the eye of the Bull. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 18 MAY 2016.

THE ALMANAC FOR 18 MAY 2016
DAY
Wednesday
MOON
Waxing gibbous, 89% lit
POSITION
Day 139 of 366
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