Zodiacal light and Milky Way over Yunnan, China. At centre is the cone of zodiacal light, with the setting crescent Moon on the horizon. Zodiacal light is sunlight reflected from dust particles orbiting in the plane of the solar system. From Earth it is seen as a cone of light along the ecliptic, the orbital path of the Sun, Moon and planets in the sky. At right is the Milky Way, our galaxy seen from the inside, forming a band of stars and nebulae stretching across the sky. The foreground shows the lights of towns and villages along the Yangtze River in Yunnan Province, China. Photographed on 1 February 2014. | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / JEFF DAI |
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