Friday, January 9, 2015

APOD 2.5


At first sight, this panorama is breathtaking. Its combination of colors is an incredible contrast and quite the sight to behold. The valley pictured, the Valle de la Luna, is fittingly for this panorama titled Moon Valley, located in the Chilean Atacama desert. The spectacular lights on the horizon originate from the city of San Pedro, as well as the cities of Socaire and Toconao. Also, this picture includes the four galaxies easily visible from our planet's dark sky regions. On the left are the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. On the right is the Andromeda Galaxy. This panorama is truly a masterpiece of celestial photography combined with a breathtaking landscape of Earth.

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