Posted on 12/06/2014 1:06:04 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Explanation: Our Milky Way Galaxy arcs over a desolate landscape in this fantastic panoramic night skyview. The otherworldly scene looks across the arid, eroded terrain of the Valle de la Luna in the Chilean Atacama desert. Just along the horizon are lights from San Pedro, Chile, as well as the small villages of Socaire and Toconao, and a tortuous road from the city of Calama to San Pedro. Taken on October 18th, the five panel mosaic also features the four galaxies easily visible from our fair planet's dark sky regions. At the far left, satellite galaxies known as the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are framed by their terrestrial namesakes. Much fainter and at the right, beyond the Milky Way's central bulge, is the Andromeda Galaxy. The most distant in view, Andromeda lies some 2.5 million light-years away.
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[Credit & Copyright: Rafael Defavari]
Pretty cool. Thanks!!
Nicely done!
very nice
Kudos to God!
Are there any images of the Milky Way taken from the lunar surface? Seems to me that would be the most spectacular view of all.
BUMP! So BEAUTIFUL!
Bump
AWEsome.
..always amazing.
Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee; How great Thou art!
Probably only from Hubble. Google hubble space telescope images and have at it. The thing about seeing it from earth is that your mind can grasp the enormous amount of stars and how big the milky way is in relation to land and our normal view of the night sky (terrible in urban/suburban areas) whereas in space, it’s just too dang big.
Like looking at a picture of a wedding cake and knowing it’s supposed to feed 130 and it looks tiny when you see it. I always thought penguins were about 4 feet tall. bah!
So beautiful!
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