Explanation: The bulging center of our
Milky Way Galaxy rests on a pillar of light in this luminous skyscape. Recorded
on September 22nd in dark South African skies, rivers of dust seem to flow
downward from the galactic center towards Antares, yellowish alpha star of the
constellation Scorpius, near the top of the scene. The brightest celestial
beacon present is not a star at all though, but planet Venus, still dominant in
the western sky after sunset. Of course, the pillar of light stretching upward
from the horizon is Zodiacal light. Sunlight scattered by dust along the plane
of the ecliptic creates the zodiacal glow, prominent in the evening after
twilight during the southern hemisphere spring.
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