Full view of Atacama at Night
The Chilean night sky revealed in this fish-eye (fulldome) view from the Atacama Desert. The Milky Way can be seen to arc across the sky. The Atacama sky is enhanced by a orange/yellow aurora-like shimmer, called airglow, which is caused by light-emitting chemical reactions in the atmosphere. Normally, those emissions are not so strong, but the night this image was taken they were particularly bright, producing this unusual picture.
Credit:ESO/B. Tafreshi (twanight.org)
About the Image
Id: | uhd_img_4037_cc |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 25 June 2014, 02:43 |
Size: | 3648 x 3648 px |