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.

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ESO/B. Tafreshi (twanight.org)

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Identificador:uhd_img_4037_cc
Tipo:Fotográfico
Fecha de publicación:25 de Junio de 2014 a las 02:43
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Nombre:Milky Way
Tipo:Unspecified
Categoría:Fulldome
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