Astronomy Picture of the Day<p>APOD from 2025-08-15</p><p>Moonlight, <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/Planets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Planets</span></a>, and Perseids</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/Jupiter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jupiter</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/Venus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Venus</span></a> shone brightly in a close conjunction above the eastern horizon, captured near Gansu, China. Despite a waning gibbous <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a>, their light reflected in a pond, alongside flashes from the Perseid <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/Meteor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meteor</span></a> Shower at its peak.</p><p>HD image at <a href="https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250815.html#space" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250815.ht</span><span class="invisible">ml#space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a></p>