Subj : Daily APOD Report To : All From : Ben Ritchey Date : Tue Aug 28 2018 08:49:56 Astronomy Picture of the Day Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! [1] Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2018 August 28 [2] Sea and Sky Glows over the Oregon Coast Image Credit & Copyright: Rudy Montoya [3] Explanation: Every step caused the sand to light up blue. That glow was bioluminescence [4] -- a blue radiance that also lights the surf in this surreal scene captured last month at Meyer's Creek Beach [5] in Oregon [6] , USA [7] . Volcanic stacks [8] dot the foreground sea, while a thin fog [9] layer scatters light on the horizon. The rays of light spreading from the left horizon were created by car headlights on the Oregon Coast [10] Highway (US 101 [11] ), while the orange light on the right horizon emanates from a fishing boat. Visible far in the distance is the band of our Milky Way Galaxy [12] , appearing to rise from a dark rocky outcrop. Sixteen images were added together to bring up the background Milky Way [13] and to reduce noise [14] . Follow APOD on: Facebook [15] , Google Plus [16] , Instagram [17] , or Twitter [18] Tomorrow's picture: interstellar reflections ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- < [19] | Archive [20] | Submissions [21] | Index [22] | Search [23] | Calendar [24] | RSS [25] | Education [26] | About APOD [27] | Discuss [28] | > [29] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff [30] (MTU [31] ) & Jerry Bonnell [32] (UMCP [33] ) NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply [34] . NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices [35] A service of: ASD [36] at NASA [37] / GSFC [38] & Michigan Tech. U. [39] ---------- Site notes: [1] archivepix.html [2] image/1808/MilkyWayOregon_Montoya_1500.jpg [3] mailto: rmontoya @at@ soscrane .dot. com [4] https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/fish/bioluminescence [5] https://youtu.be/8t0FqanT1TA?t=755 [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon [7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States [8] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_(geology) [9] ap100504.html [10] ap180717.html [11] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_101 [12] https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/285/the-milky-way-galaxy/ [13] ap170726.html [14] https://phillyvoice-production.s3.amazonaws.com/media/images/ 06302017_dog_with_headphones_iStoc.2e16d0ba.fill-735x490.jpg [15] https://www.facebook.com/AstronomyPictureOfTheDay [16] https://plus.google.com/u/1/+AstronomyPictureOfTheDay [17] https://www.instagram.com/astronomypicturesdaily/ [18] http://twitter.com/apod/ [19] ap180827.html [20] archivepix.html [21] lib/apsubmit2015.html [22] lib/aptree.html [23] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search [24] calendar/allyears.html [25] /apod.rss [26] lib/edlinks.html [27] lib/about_apod.html [28] http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=180828 [29] ap180829.html [30] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html [31] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ [32] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html [33] http://www.astro.umd.edu/ [34] lib/about_apod.html#srapply [35] https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html [36] https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ [37] https://www.nasa.gov/ [38] https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ [39] http://www.mtu.edu/ --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A39 (Windows/32) * Origin: FIDONet - The Positronium Repository (1:393/68) .