September 16, 2014
The atoms in your body have known many forms: star core, drifting dust, ocean mineral, living cell.
Milky Way above Atacama Salt Lagoon
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APOD published September 16, 2014. Credit: Alex Tudorica (AIfA, U. Bonn). A publication-date match, not a photo taken on your date. Independent of NASA.
Galaxies, stars, and a serene reflecting pool combine to create this memorable land and skyscape. The featured panorama is a 12-image mosaic taken last month from the Salar de Atacama salt flat in northern Chile. The calm water is Laguna Cejar, a salty lagoon featuring a large central sinkhole. On the image left, the astrophotographer's fiancee is seen capturing the same photogenic scene. The night sky is lit up with countless stars, the Large and Small Magellanic Cloud galaxies on the left, and the band of our Milky Way galaxy running diagonally up the right. The Milky Way may appear to be causing havoc at the horizon, but those are just the normal lights of a nearby town. Follow APOD on: Facebook, Google Plus, or Twitter
Image credit: Alex Tudorica (AIfA, U. Bonn)