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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Млечный Путь над соленой лагуной в Атакаме http://variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1321642/eng |
Credit & Copyright: Alex Tudorica
(AIfA, U. Bonn)
Explanation:
Galaxies, stars, and a serene reflecting pool combine to create this memorable land
and skyscape.
The featured panorama is a 12-image mosaic taken last month from the
Salar de Atacama
salt flat in northern
Chile.
The calm water is
Laguna Cejar, a salty lagoon featuring a large central
sinkhole.
On the image left, the astrophotographer's fiancee is seen capturing the same photogenic
scene.
The night sky is lit up with countless stars, the
Large and
Small Magellanic Cloud galaxies on the left,
and the band of our
Milky Way galaxy
running diagonally up the right.
The Milky Way
may appear to be causing havoc at the horizon, but those are just the
normal lights of a nearby town.
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Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.