                        Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                               2021 November 1

                        A Waterfall and the Milky Way
                      Image Credit & Copyright: 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 fireflies would be too 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
   Zhulian waterfall in the Luoxiao Mountains in eastern Hunan Province,
   China. The central band of our Milky Way Galaxy crosses the sky and
   shows numerous dark dust filaments and colorful nebulas. Bright stars
   dot the sky -- all residing in the nearby Milky Way -- including the
   Summer Triangle with bright Vega visible above the Milky Way's arch.
   After capturing all 78 component exposures for you to enjoy, the
   photographer and friends enjoyed the view themselves for the rest of
   the night.

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