... Why visit Venus first? ... The graceful spiral structure seen in this computer visualization does not portray winding spiral arms in a distant galaxy of stars. ... Watching from a hillside near Austin, Texas, planet Earth, astrophotographer Russell Croman recorded this view of their passing as clouds gracefully dimmed the brilliant moonlight. To Fly Free in Space . ... Have you ever seen the band of our Milky Way Galaxy? ... This band is the disk of our spiral galaxy. ... Moonset, Planet Earth . ...