... Credit Copyright: E. L. Wright ( UCLA ), COBE , DIRBE , NASA Explanation: Was this picture taken from outside our Galaxy? ... In light just a little too red for human eyes to see - "near infrared " electromagnetic radiation - the disk and center of our Galaxy stand out giving an appearance likely similar to seeing our Galaxy from the outside in visible light. ... Faintly visible as an S-shaped sash running through the image center is zodiacal light -- dust in our own Solar System . ...