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“Picture Rocks Sun Dagger” is copyrighted by Martha Schaefer, Brad Schaefer, Jim Stamm; Music & License: Awakening (Wojciech Usarewicz), Lone Tree Music. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteAncient sun daggers do not hurt you, but they can tell time. A sun dagger is a gap in a shadow, created by sunlight through a rock crevice. Over a thousand years ago, native people of the American Southwest carved spiral petroglyphs that these daggers illuminated. This acted as a sundial, with the dagger pointing to a spiral mark at high noon.
The Sun on 5 August 2020
NASA SDO took this picture on 5 August 2020, the day itself, not a release date.
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Space pictures released on your month and day in other years, or a few days either side. Each one is sharp enough to print as a poster.
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The Sun on your day The Sun on 5 August 2020 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 5 August 2020 · Nile Delta and Sinai See it as a poster -
Released on 5 August 2008 Wide-field view of the Virgo cluster of galaxies (ground-based image) See it as a poster -
Released on 5 August 2018 Trapezium: At the Heart of Orion See it as a poster -
Released on 5 August 2008 Lord of the stars See it as a poster -
Released on 5 August 2017 Gravity's Grin See it as a poster -
Released on 5 August 2015 X-ray Echoes from Circinus X-1 See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 5 AUG 2020 falls under Leo (♌). The sign's window runs from 07-23 through 08-22. Leo is anchored by Regulus, the heart of the Lion, twenty-four parsecs from Earth. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 5 AUG 2020.
Questions about August 5, 2020
What space photo was released on August 5, 2020?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for August 5, 2020 was "Picture Rocks Sun Dagger". 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 August 5, 2020?
A full moon, about 98% lit.
What day of the week was August 5, 2020?
August 5, 2020 was a Wednesday, day 218 of the 366 days in 2020.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on August 5, 2020?
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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