The Milky Way passes overhead [35xp]

Thirty-five 30-sec [stacked] exposures (05-39) spanning 19 minutes. The Moon illuminates the Very Large Telescope (VLT) as it sets in the West while the disk of our galaxy, The Milky Way, passes overhead. Paranal Observatory, Atacama Desert, Chile. 24 Aug 09.

© 2009 José Francisco Salgado, PhD

 

See also:

All-sky video, Cumulative video, Milky Way still, Moonset, VLT at Dawn,

Earth's Rotation

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