Zodiacal light and Milky Way over the Himalayas. Zodiacal light (centre) and the Milky Way (upper right) in the night sky after sunset over a Himalayan landscape, with Ama Dablam mountain (left, 6812 metres) in Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal. At lower centre are the lights of the Sherpa village Chhukhung. 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. The Milky Way is our galaxy seen from the inside, forming a band of stars and nebulae stretching across the sky. Photographed on 29 November 2015. | |
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