The Milky Road
Credit & Copyright: Larry Landolfi
Posted on 06/13/2009 5:12:22 AM PDT by sig226
Explanation: Inspired by the night skies of planet Earth in the International Year of Astronomy, photographer Larry Landolfi created this tantalizing fantasy view. The composited image suggests a luminous Milky Way is the heavenly extension of a country road. Of course, the name for our galaxy, the Milky Way (in Latin, Via Lactea), does refer to its appearance as a milky band or path in the sky. In fact, the word galaxy itself derives from the Greek for milk. Visible on moonless nights from dark sky areas, though not so bright or colorful as in this image, the glowing celestial band is due to the collective light of myriad stars along the plane of our galaxy, too faint to be distinguished individually. The diffuse starlight is cut by dark swaths of obscuring galactic dust clouds. Four hundred years ago, Galileo turned his telescope on the Milky Way and announced it to be "... a congeries of innumerable stars ..."
Now that’s a very cool pic. I figured ut was a composite because nobody stands that still for long.
Great photo!
There aren’t many places left where you can see the sky like that.
There never were any places like that. It’s a composite.
OMGosh! That’s spectacular. Thanks so much for the link.
Naw...just a time exposure.
Oh you ment the guy.
I wasn’t looking at him...I was looking at the Milky Way. You can still get views of the Milky Way like that if you are in the right place with the right equipment.
Great Fntasy & Science Fiction cover.
Cool pic, very apocalyptic-looking.
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