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Credit & Copyright: Tom McEwan
Explanation:
What's that below the Milky Way?
Historic kilns.
Built in the 1870s in rural
Nevada,
USA to process local wood into
charcoal, the kilns were soon
abandon due to a town fire and flooding, but remain in good condition even today.
The above panorama is a digital conglomerate of five separate images taken in early
June from the same location.
Visible above the unusual
kilns is a colorful star field, highlighted
by the central band of our
Milky Way Galaxy
appearing along a diagonal toward the lower right.
Many famous sites in our Galaxy are visible, including the
Pipe Nebula and the
Dark River to Antares,
seen to the right of the Milky Way.
The origin of the green mist on the lower left, however, is
currently unexplained.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Milky Way - stars
Publications with words: Milky Way - stars
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