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Credit & Copyright: CÈsar Vega Toledano ;
Rollover Annotation: Judy Schmidt
Explanation:
First came the trees.
In the town of
Salamanca,
Spain, the photographer noticed
how distinctive a grove of
oak trees
looked after being
pruned.
Next came the galaxy.
The photographer
stayed
up until 2 am, waiting until the
Milky Way Galaxy
rose above the level of a majestic looking oak.
From this carefully chosen perspective,
dust lanes in the galaxy
appear to be natural continuations to branches of the tree.
Last came the light.
A flashlight was used on the far side of the tree to project a
silhouette.
By coincidence, other trees also appeared as similar
silhouettes across the relatively bright horizon.
The featured image was captured as a single 30-second frame earlier this month and
processed to digitally enhance the Milky Way.
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A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Milky Way - trees
Publications with words: Milky Way - trees
See also:
- APOD: 2023 December 12 Á Aurora and Milky Way over Norway
- Milky Way Rising
- APOD: 2023 July 18 Á Milky Way above La Palma Observatory
- APOD: 2023 July 16 Á Meteor and Milky Way over the Alps
- APOD: 2023 July 2 Á Milky Way and Aurora over Antarctica
- APOD: 2023 June 20 Á The Nandu in the Milky Way
- APOD: 2023 May 29 Á Milky Way over a Turquoise Wonderland