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Credit & Copyright: Ulrich Beinert
Explanation:
The clouds in the foreground are much different than the clouds in the background.
In the foreground are a photogenic deck of Earth-based
water clouds.
The long exposure used to create the
above photograph
makes the light from the left, reflected from
Phoenix,
Arizona,
USA,
appear like a sunset.
Far in the distance, however, are star clouds from the disk of our
Milky Way Galaxy.
Billions of stars like our Sun live there, circling our Galactic center every 200
million years.
Contrast between the water clouds and the star clouds has been
digitally enhanced.
Between the two, visible on the upper right, is the
planet Jupiter.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Milky Way
Publications with words: Milky Way
See also:
- APOD: 2025 May 20 B Milky Way over Maunakea
- APOD: 2025 May 13 B Gaia Reconstructs a Top View of our Galaxy
- APOD: 2025 May 12 B Gaia Reconstructs a Side View of our Galaxy
- Galaxies in Space
- APOD: 2025 February 9 B Milky Way over the Australian Pinnacles
- APOD: 2024 November 24 B Journey to the Center of the Galaxy
- APOD: 2024 November 5 B Milky Way over Easter Island