2020 March 09 - Milky Way and Zodiacal Light over Chile
Channel: APOD Podcast
Date: 2020-03-09

In today's image, we see the Milky Way stretching across the sky. in addition, we see the zodiacal light reaching up from the horizon towards the Milky Way. This is caused by dust reflecting sunlight in our solar system. We also see the Large Magellanic Cloud which is a small satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way.

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