The sky on
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“Lightning over Colorado” is copyrighted by Joe Randall. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteThis image captures a lightning storm over Colorado. Lightning is produced when updrafts carry light ice crystals into collisions with larger, softer ice balls, causing the smaller crystals to become positively charged. Once enough charge separates, the rapid electrical discharge of lightning occurs. Lightning heats a thin column of air to about three times the temperature of the Sun's surface.
The Sun on 27 September 2020
NASA SDO took this picture on 27 September 2020, the day itself, not a release date.
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Released on your day
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 27 September 2020 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 27 September 2020 · Pilbara, Western Australia See it as a poster -
Released on 27 September 2010 A Distant backwater of the Milky Way See it as a poster -
Released on 27 September 2004 Megaripples in Athabasca Vallis See it as a poster -
Released on 27 September 2017 The sky around the Saturn Nebula See it as a poster -
Released on 27 September 2004 Rover Tracks Seen from Orbit See it as a poster -
Released on 27 September 2026 Andromeda before Photoshop See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 27 SEP 2020 falls under Libra (♎). The sign's window runs from 09-23 through 10-22. Libra is the only zodiac constellation named for an inanimate object, the scales of judgment. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 27 SEP 2020.
Questions about September 27, 2020
What space photo was released on September 27, 2020?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for September 27, 2020 was "Lightning over Colorado". 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 September 27, 2020?
A waxing gibbous moon, about 76% lit.
What day of the week was September 27, 2020?
September 27, 2020 was a Sunday, day 271 of the 366 days in 2020.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on September 27, 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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