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Credit & Copyright: Alex Tudorica
(AIfA, U. Bonn)
Explanation:
Galaxies, stars, and a serene reflecting pool combine to create this memorable land
and skyscape.
The featured panorama is a 12-image mosaic taken last month from the
Salar de Atacama
salt flat in northern
Chile.
The calm water is
Laguna Cejar, a salty lagoon featuring a large central
sinkhole.
On the image left, the astrophotographer's fiancee is seen capturing the same photogenic
scene.
The night sky is lit up with countless stars, the
Large and
Small Magellanic Cloud galaxies on the left,
and the band of our
Milky Way galaxy
running diagonally up the right.
The Milky Way
may appear to be causing havoc at the horizon, but those are just the
normal lights of a nearby town.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Milky Way
Publications with words: Milky Way
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- 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