Credit & Copyright: Jingyi Zhang
Explanation:
What strange world is this?
Earth.
In the foreground of the featured image are the
Pinnacles,
unusual rock spires in
Nambung National Park
in Western
Australia.
Made of ancient sea shells
(limestone),
how these human-sized
picturesque spires formed remains a
topic of research.
The panorama was taken last month.
A ray of
zodiacal light,
sunlight reflected by dust grains orbiting between the planets in the
Solar System,
rises from the horizon near the image center.
Arching across the top is the central band of our
Milky Way Galaxy.
The planets
Jupiter and
Saturn, as well as several famous
stars
are also visible in the background night sky.
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Publications with keywords: Milky Way - zodiacal light
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See also:
- APOD: 2024 July 22 Á Chamaeleon Dark Nebulas
- 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
- APOD: 2023 July 16 Á Meteor and Milky Way over the Alps
- APOD: 2023 July 2 Á Milky Way and Aurora over Antarctica