[ASTRONOMIA] ¨ Eye on the Milky Way

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image credit & copyright: Miguel Claro (TWAN, Dark Sky Alqueva)




have you ever had stars in your eyes ?

it appears that the eye on the left does, and moreover it appears to be gazing at even more stars

the featured 27-frame mosaic was taken last july from Ojas de Salar in the Atacama Desert of Chile

the eye is actually a small lagoon captured reflecting the dark night sky as the Milky Way Galaxy arched overhead

the seemingly smooth band of the Milky Way is really composed of billions of stars, but decorated with filaments of light-absorbing dust and red-glowing nebulas

additionally, both Jupiter (slightly left the galactic arch) and Saturn (slightly to the right) are visible

the lights of small towns dot the unusual vertical horizon

the rocky terrain around the lagoon appears to some more like the surface of Mars than our Earth










































in apod.nasa.gov/apod