Credit & Copyright: Simon R. Hudson
Explanation:
Where do land and sky converge?
On every
horizon -- but in this case the path on the ground leads
to
St Michael's Mount (Cornish: Karrek Loos yn Koos),
a small historic island in
Cornwall,
England.
The Mount is usually surrounded by shallow water, but at low
tide is spanned by a human-constructed
causeway.
The path on the sky, actually the central band of our
Milky Way Galaxy, also appears to lead to
St Michael's Mount,
but really lies far in the distance.
The red nebula in the Milky Way, just above the
castle,
is the Lagoon Nebula, while bright
Jupiter shines to the left, and a luminous
meteor flashes to the right.
The foreground and background images of
this featured composite were taken on the same July night and from the same
location.
Although meteors are fleeting and the
Milky Way disk shifts in the night
as the Earth turns, Jupiter will remain
prominent in the sunset sky
into December.
Moon Occults Mars:
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