Pictured here is our home galaxy, The Milky Way, as seen from the Atacama Salt Flat in Northern Chile. In the upper right-hand corner of the photograph, the center of the Milky Way Galaxy is visible. In close proximity to the center of the galaxy, Antares-a major star in the constellation Scorpius- is also visible. On the left side of the photograph, there are two bright clusters. These two clusters are known as the Small & Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxies (SMC and LMC). This truly spectacular photograph features an innumerable amount of stars as well as a stunning image of a band of the Milky Way running diagonally across the sky.
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