                        Astronomy Picture of the Day

    Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                               2021 October 25

                         Road to the Galactic Center
                 Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Abramyan

   Explanation: Does the road to our galaxy's center go through Monument
   Valley? It doesn't have to, but if your road does -- take a picture. In
   this case, the road is US Route 163 and iconic buttes on the Navajo
   National Reservation populate the horizon. The band of Milky Way Galaxy
   stretches down from the sky and appears to be a continuation of the
   road on Earth. Filaments of dust darken the Milky Way, in contrast to
   billions of bright stars and several colorful glowing gas clouds
   including the Lagoon and Trifid nebulas. The featured picture is a
   composite of images taken with the same camera and from the same
   location -- Forest Gump Point in Utah, USA. The foreground was taken
   just after sunset in early September during the blue hour, while the
   background is a mosaic of four exposures captured a few hours later.

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