The Milky Way Over Monument Valley
Explanation:
You don't have to be at Monument Valley to see the Milky Way arch across the sky
like this -- but it helps.
Only at
Monument Valley
USA
would you see a
picturesque foreground
that includes these iconic rock peaks called
buttes.
Buttes are composed of hard rock left behind after water
has eroded away the surrounding soft rock.
In the
featured image taken in 2012, the closest butte on the left and
the butte to its right are known as
the Mittens, while
Merrick
Butte
can be seen just further to the right.
High
overhead stretches a band of diffuse light that
is the central disk of our
spiral
Milky
Way Galaxy.
The band of the
Milky Way can be
spotted
by almost anyone on
almost any clear night when
far enough from a city and
surrounding bright lights.
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Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
