Milky Way Panoramic and Green Airglow
by James Brunker
Title
Milky Way Panoramic and Green Airglow
Artist
James Brunker
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
A panoramic shot made of 10 vertical images stitched together of the arch of the Milky Way above giant cacti on Incahuasi Island in the middle of the Salar de Uyuni in south west Bolivia. The green colour in the sky above the horizon is airglow or nightglow, caused by various processes in the upper atmosphere (including cosmic radiation, ionization of atoms by the sun's radiation and others). The green colour was particularly vivid on a couple of nights on this trip! On the far right of the image (above the cactus on the hillside) you can see the Andromeda Galaxy, a spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years from Earth and the closest major galaxy to the Milky Way.
Photograph © James Brunker. Reproduction, transmission or use in any form (print, website, etc) without prior written permission strictly prohibited.
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April 21st, 2018
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