Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]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 November 1 [2]The picture shows a waterfall under a night sky dominated by the arch of our Milky Way Galaxy. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. A Waterfall and the Milky Way Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Xie Jie Explanation: The dream was to capture both the waterfall and the Milky Way together. Difficulties included finding a good camera location, artificially illuminating the waterfall and the surrounding valley effectively, capturing the entire scene with numerous foreground and background shots, worrying that [4]fireflies would be too [5]distracting, keeping the camera dry, and avoiding stepping on a poisonous snake. Behold the result -- captured after midnight in mid-July and digitally stitched into a wide-angle panorama. The waterfall is the picturesque [6]Zhulian waterfall in the [7]Luoxiao Mountains in eastern [8]Hunan Province, [9]China. The central band of our [10]Milky Way Galaxy crosses the sky and shows numerous [11]dark dust filaments and [12]colorful nebulas. Bright stars dot the sky -- all residing in the nearby Milky Way -- including the [13]Summer Triangle with bright [14]Vega visible above the [15]Milky Way's arch. After capturing all 78 component exposures for you to enjoy, the photographer and friends [16]enjoyed the view themselves for the rest of the night. Discovery + Outreach: [17]Graduate student research position open for APOD Tomorrow's picture: three supernovas four __________________________________________________________________ [18]< | [19]Archive | [20]Submissions | [21]Index | [22]Search | [23]Calendar | [24]RSS | [25]Education | [26]About APOD | [27]Discuss | [28]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [29]Robert Nemiroff ([30]MTU) & [31]Jerry Bonnell ([32]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [33]Specific rights apply. [34]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [35]ASD at [36]NASA / [37]GSFC & [38]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2111/MilkyWayWaterfall_XieJie_2500.jpg 3. mailto:%202455179586%20@at@%20qq%20.dot.%20com 4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly 5. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210906.html 6. https://www.trip.com/travel-guide/attraction/yanling/zhulian-waterfall-38961944 7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luoxiao_Mountains 8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunan 9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China 10. https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/objects/milkyway1.html 11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190827.html 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap171201.html 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170703.html 14. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/spitzer/news/spitzervega20130108.html 15. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210113.html 16. https://c4.wallpaperflare.com/wallpaper/814/105/215/cat-the-sky-cat-look-the-sun-hd-wallpaper-preview.jpg 17. https://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=41989 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211031.html 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 22. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 27. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=211101 28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211102.html 29. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 30. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 31. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 32. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 33. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 34. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 35. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 36. https://www.nasa.gov/ 37. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 38. http://www.mtu.edu/