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Credit & Copyright: Jingyi Zhang
Explanation:
What strange world is this?
Earth.
In the foreground of the featured image are the Pinnacles,
unusual rock spires in
Nambung National Park
in Western
Australia.
Made of ancient sea shells
(limestone),
how these human-sized
picturesque spires formed remains a
topic of research.
The picturesque panorama was taken in 2017 September.
A ray of
zodiacal light,
sunlight reflected by dust grains orbiting between the planets in the
Solar System,
rises from the horizon near the image center.
Arching across the top is the central band of our
Milky Way Galaxy.
The planets
Jupiter and
Saturn,
as well as several famous
stars
are also visible in the background night sky.
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& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Milky Way - zodiacal light
Publications with words: Milky Way - zodiacal light
See also:
- 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
- APOD: 2023 May 10 Á Milky Way over Egyptian Desert
- APOD: 2023 February 27 Á Zodiacal Ray with Venus and Jupiter