The sky on
your birthday.
“Sakurajima Volcano with Lightning” is copyrighted by Martin Rietze (Alien Landscapes on Planet Earth). NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteLightning can strike during a volcanic eruption, as seen here at Japan's Sakurajima volcano in 2013. Hot magma and ash burst through the Earth's surface, creating a turbulent cloud. The exact cause of volcanic lightning is still a subject of research, but it is thought to involve charge separation within the ash plume, similar to how regular thunderstorms generate lightning.
The Sun on 13 May 2018
NASA SDO took this picture on 13 May 2018, the day itself, not a release date.
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The Earth on your day The Earth on 13 May 2018 · Eye of the Sahara, Mauritania See it as a poster -
Released on 13 May 2023 Apollo 17: The Crescent Earth See it as a poster -
Released on 13 May 2019 Settling into old age See it as a poster -
Released on 13 May 2022 The Milky Way's Black Hole See it as a poster -
Released on 13 May 2010 Asteroid Caught Marching Across Tadpole Nebula See it as a poster -
Released on 13 May 2020 A typhoon is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited above the South Pacific Ocean See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 13 MAY 2018 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 13 MAY 2018.
Questions about May 13, 2018
What space photo was released on May 13, 2018?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for May 13, 2018 was "Sakurajima Volcano with Lightning". It's a photographer's copyrighted image, so we link to it on NASA's site and show the Sun or the Earth that day instead.
What was the Moon's phase on May 13, 2018?
A new moon, about 3% lit.
What day of the week was May 13, 2018?
May 13, 2018 was a Sunday, day 133 of the 365 days in 2018.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on May 13, 2018?
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory photographed the Sun that day, and NASA's Terra satellite photographed the whole Earth. Both are on this page, next to the card.
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