Thursday 19 April 2018

Check out a NASA website called Astronomy Picture of the Day
A new image is posted each day with an explanation.
Here is the image from April 11 2018...
See Explanation.  Clicking on the picture will download
 the highest resolution version available.
Milky Way over Deadvlei in Namibia The trees in Deadvlei have been dead for over 500 years. Located in Namib-Naukluft Park in Namibia, saplings grew after rainfall.  High above and far in the distance, the band of our Milky Way Galaxy forms an arch over a large stalk, taken last month. The soil of white clay appears to glow by reflected starlight. Rising on the left, under the Milky Way's arch, is a band of zodiacal light -- sunlight reflected by dust orbiting in the inner Solar System. On the right, just above one of Earth's larger sand dunes, an astute eye can find the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our galaxy. 

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