APOD 2.6

This week's chosen APOD depitcs the bright source of gamma rays that is Earth. This image was taken from a gamma-ray telescope orbiting around earth in space. I chose this picture for this week because I remembered what we learned in class about telescopes and light rays. The telescope that took this image is called the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope which recently celebrated its 2000th day in orbit. I thought this picture gave an interesting depiction of the bright souce of gamma rays on Earth and I also liked looking at the different intensities these rays had.