Credit & Copyright: Nicolas Tabbush  
 
Explanation:
Do you recognize the constellation of Orion?   
  
It may be harder than usual in today's   
featured image    
because the camera has zoomed in on the center,   
and the exposure is long enough to enhance   
nebulas beyond what the unaided   
human eye can see.   
  
Still, once you become oriented, you can see   
Orion's three belt stars   
lined up vertically near the image center, and even locate the   
familiar Orion Nebula on the upper left.   
  
Famous faint features that are also visible include the dark   
Horsehead Nebula indentation near the image center,   
and the dusty   
Flame Nebula just to its right.  
  
Part of the   
Orion-encircling   
Barnard's Loop can also be found on the far right.   
  
The image combines multiple   
sky-tracking shots of the background in different colors   
with a single static foreground exposure taken at twilight -- all   
captured   
with the same camera and from the same location.   
  
The picturesque scene was captured early last year from mountains in   
San Juan,   
Argentina.   
  
  
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