Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2025 June 14 [2]A night sky is shown with many stars and streaks. In the foreground at the bottom are hills, a river, and the red and white streaks of car lights. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. Meteors and Satellite Trails over the Limay River Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Martín Moliné Explanation: What are all those streaks in the sky? A galaxy, many satellite trails, and a few meteors. First, far in the distance, the majestic band of our [5]Milky Way Galaxy runs down the left. Mirroring it on the right are several parallel trails of Earth-orbiting [6]Starlink satellites. Many fainter satellite trails also [7]crisscross the image. The two short and bright streaks are meteors — likely members of the annual [8]Eta Aquariids meteor shower. The [9]planet Venus shines on the lower right. Venus and the satellites shine by reflected sunlight. The [10]featured picture is a composite of exposures all taken in a few hours on May 4 over the [11]Limay River in [12]Argentina. Tomorrow's picture: One Sun __________________________________________________________________ [13]< | [14]Archive | [15]Submissions | [16]Index | [17]Search | [18]Calendar | [19]RSS | [20]Education | [21]About APOD | [22]Discuss | [23]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [24]Robert Nemiroff ([25]MTU) & [26]Jerry Bonnell ([27]UMCP) NASA Official: Amber Straughn [28]Specific rights apply. [29]NASA Web Privacy, [30]Accessibility, [31]Notices; A service of: [32]ASD at [33]NASA / [34]GSFC, [35]NASA Science Activation & [36]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2506/MeteorSats_Moline_6512.jpg 3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 4. https://www.instagram.com/martinm.1980/ 5. https://science.nasa.gov/resource/the-milky-way-galaxy/ 6. https://www.starlink.com/us/technology 7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191014.html 8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eta_Aquariids 9. https://science.nasa.gov/venus/ 10. https://www.instagram.com/p/DJxV5ZnRDiL/ 11. https://youtu.be/snGme5Zia4Y 12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250613.html 14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 15. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 17. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 19. https://apod.com/feed.rss 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 22. https://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=250614 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250615.html 24. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 25. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 26. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 27. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 29. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 30. https://www.nasa.gov/general/accessibility/ 31. https://www.nasa.gov/privacy/ 32. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 33. https://www.nasa.gov/ 34. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 35. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 36. http://www.mtu.edu/