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Credit & Copyright: Malcolm Park
(North York Astronomical Association)
Explanation:
A camera fixed low to a tripod on a
northern summer's eve
captured the series of images used in this serene, southern Ontario skyscape.
The lakeside view frames our fair galaxy above calm water
and the night's quintessential luminous apparitions.
But the trails of light are neither
satellite glint, nor
meteor flash, nor
auroral glow.
In the wide-field composite constructed with four consecutive 15
second exposures, a pulsing
firefly
enters at the right, first wandering toward the camera,
then left and back toward the lake,
the central Milky Way rising in the background.
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& 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