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Credit & Copyright: Amr Abdelwahab
Explanation:
For ten years the stargazer dreamed of taking a picture like this.
The dreamer knew that the
White Desert National Park in
Egypt's
Western Desert is a picturesque place hosting numerous
chalk formations sculpted into
surreal structures by a sandy wind.
The dreamer knew that the sky above could be
impressively dark on a
clear moonless night, showing highlights such as the
central band of our
Milky Way Galaxy
in impressive color and detail.
So the dreamer invited an even more
experienced astrophotographer to spend three weeks together
in the desert and plan the composite images that
needed to be taken and processed to create the dream image.
Over three days in mid-March, the base images were taken, all with the same camera
and from the same location.
The impressive result is featured here, with the dreamer -- proudly wearing a traditional
Bedouin
galabyia -- pictured in the
foreground.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Milky Way
Publications with words: Milky Way
See also:
- Galaxies in Space
- APOD: 2025 February 9 Á Milky Way over the Australian Pinnacles
- 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