Zodiacal Night

An intense band of zodiacal light is captured on this soundless mountain and night skyscape from April 7. The panoramic peep used to be recorded after three hours of hiking from a vantage having a seek west after sunset across the Pyrenees in southern France. At 2838 meters altitude, Mont Valier is the tallest peak conclude to center. In the sky above, the acquainted stars of Orion and the northern iciness Milky Manner are drawing blueprint the rugged western horizon. At the shoulder of Orion, Betelgeuse is one among three luminous yellowish celestial beacons. It kinds a triangle with fellow purple enormous celebrity Aldebaran positioned under Betelgeuse and to the upright, and the purple planet Mars. Mars shines upright under the band of the Milky Manner, unruffled immersed in the extra special zodiacal light. Match Earth: Vote on your current image from NASA’s Earth Observatory