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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.
Crédit:ESO/B. Tafreshi (twanight.org)
À propos de l'image
Identification: | uhd_img_4037_cc |
Type: | Photographique |
Date de publication: | 25 juin 2014 02:43 |
Taille: | 3648 x 3648 px |