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Astronomy Picture of the Day
The Milky Way over Utah
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[z]Barbara Harris
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02.08.2006 00:00
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The Milky Way over Utah
Explanation: If sometimes it appears that the entire
Milky Way Galaxy
is raining down on your head, do not despair. It happens twice a day. As the
Sun rises
in the East,
wonders of the night sky
become less bright than the
sunlight scattered
by our own
Earth's atmosphere
, and so fade from view. They will only
rotate
back into view when the Earth again eclipses our bright Sun at dusk. This
battle between heaven and Earth
was captured dramatically over a rock formation at
Capitol Reef National Park
Utah
,
USA
in 2003 May. Dark
dust
,
millions of stars
, and bright
glowing red gas
highlight the
plane
of our
Milky Way Galaxy
, which lies on average thousands of
light years
behind
Earth's mountains
.
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