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Credit & Copyright: Koen van Barneveld
Explanation:
This surprising sky has almost everything.
First, slanting down from the upper left and far in the distance is the
central band of our
Milky Way Galaxy.
More modestly, slanting down from the upper right and high in
Earth's atmosphere is a
bright meteor.
The dim band of light across the central diagonal is
zodiacal light:
sunlight reflected from
dust in the inner
Solar System.
The green glow on the far right is
aurora high in
Earth's atmosphere.
The bright zigzagging bright line near the bottom
is just a light that was held by the scene-planning
astrophotographer.
This "almost everything"
sky was captured over rocks on
Castle Hill,
New Zealand
late last month.
The featured finished frame is a combination of 10 exposures all
taken with the same camera and from the same location.
But what about the astrophotographer himself?
He's pictured too -- can you
find him?
Jigsaw Fun:
Astronomy Puzzle of the Day
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
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See also:
- APOD: 2024 September 11 Á A Night Sky over the Tatra Mountains
- APOD: 2023 August 15 Á A Triply Glowing Night Sky over Iceland
- Sunset to Sunrise over the Baltic Sea
- An Artful Sky over Lofoten Islands
- A Furious Sky over Mount Shasta
- Sea and Sky Glows over the Oregon Coast
- Stars and Planets over Portugal