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Credit & Copyright: Amr Abdelwahab
Explanation:
For ten years the stargazer dreamed of taking a picture like this.
The dreamer knew that the
White Desert National Park in
Egypt's
Western Desert is a picturesque place hosting numerous
chalk formations sculpted into
surreal structures by a sandy wind.
The dreamer knew that the sky above could be
impressively dark on a
clear moonless night, showing highlights such as the
central band of our
Milky Way Galaxy
in impressive color and detail.
So the dreamer invited an even more
experienced astrophotographer to spend three weeks together
in the desert and plan the composite images that
needed to be taken and processed to create the dream image.
Over three days in mid-March, the base images were taken, all with the same camera
and from the same location.
The impressive result is featured here, with the dreamer -- proudly wearing a traditional
Bedouin
galabyia -- pictured in the
foreground.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Milky Way
Publications with words: Milky Way
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
- Milky Way and Zodiacal Light over Australian Pinnacles
- Galaxy by the Lake