A Volcano of Fire under a Milky Manner of Stars

Infrequently it be tough to determine on which is more impressive — the land or the sky. On the land of the featured picture, for instance, the Volcano of Fire (Volcán de Fuego) is viewed erupting topped by crimson-sizzling, wind-blown ash and with streams of lovely lava operating down its side. Lights from neighboring towns are viewed via a thin haze under. In the sky, though, the central plane of our Milky Manner galaxy runs diagonally from the higher left, with a fleeting meteor correct under, and the path of a satellite tv for pc to the higher lawful. The planet Jupiter also looks towards the higher left, with the unparalleled huge name Antares correct to its lawful. Out of the ordinary of the land and the sky were captured collectively in a single, properly-timed, 25-second exposure taken in mid-April from the side of Fuego’s sister volcano Acatenango in Guatemala. The image of the meteor, though, used to be captured in a equivalent frame taken about 30 minutes earlier — when the volanic eruption used to be no longer as photogenic — and added later digitally. Apply APOD on: Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, or Twitter