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Credit & Copyright: Tom Masterson
Explanation:
You don't have to be at Monument Valley to see the Milky Way arc
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 farther to the right.
Green airglow fans up from the horizon.
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,
but a sensitive digital camera is needed to capture these colors
in a dark night sky.
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NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply.
A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Milky Way
Publications with words: Milky Way
See also:
- APOD: 2024 November 24 Á Journey to the Center of the Galaxy
- 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