... From an altitude of over 5,000 meters, the night sky view from Chajnantor Plateau in the Chilean Andes is breathtaking in more ways than one. ... W5: Pillars of Star Formation . ... This colorful topographical map of the Moon is centered on the lunar farside, the side not seen from planet Earth. ... It begins at the Pleiades and ends at the Hyades, two of the best known star clusters in planet Earth's sky. At left, the lovely Pleiades star cluster is about 400 light-years away. ...