A stop to enjoy the Chilean sky
Amazed by the colourful Milky Way, the ESO Photo Ambassador Petr Horálek takes a stop while driving in the Atacama desert, in northern Chile, to fully enjoy the night sky view. Many are the remarkable features in this fulldome panorama image: the brightest spot in the upper left is the planet Jupiter, while the red blobs along the Milky Way river are Barnard's loop on the upper part — with the famous Orion's Belt at the centre —, and Gum Nebula in the middle, respectively. The elegant Large Magellanic Cloud is also faintly visible, in the lower right part. A greenish airglow frames the sky all around.
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- Fisheye version of this image
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P. Horálek/ESO
About the Image
| Id: | 150123-24_atacama_fullfr_cc-eq |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 4 September 2017, 12:26 |
| Size: | 24752 x 6732 px |
| Field of View: | 360° x 97.9° |
About the Object
| Name: | Atacama Desert, Panorama |
| Type: | Unspecified : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky |
| Category: | 360 Panorama Chile |
