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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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Based on Astronomy Picture
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Publications with keywords: Milky Way
Publications with words: Milky Way
See also:
- APOD: 2024 November 5 Á Milky Way over Easter Island
- APOD: 2024 August 4 Á Gaia: Here Comes the Sun
- APOD: 2024 July 29 Á Milky Way over Uluru
- APOD: 2024 May 29 Á Stairway to the Milky Way
- APOD: 2023 December 12 Á Aurora and Milky Way over Norway
- Milky Way Rising
- APOD: 2023 July 18 Á Milky Way above La Palma Observatory