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SPACE-LIGHT
A handout photo released by the European Southern Observatory on November 3, 2014 and taken in September 2009 at the ESO's La Silla observatory in Chile shows the zodiacal light, a triangular glow seen best in night skies free of overpowering moonlight and light pollution. A sea of clouds has settled in the valley below La Silla, which sits at an altitude of 2400 metres, with lesser peaks and ridges poking through the mist. The zodiacal light is sunlight reflected by dust particles between the Sun and Earth, and is best seen close to sunrise or sunset. As its name implies, this celestial glow appears in the ring of constellations known as the zodiac. These are found along the ecliptic, which is the eastward apparent “path” that the Sun traces across Earth’s sky. AFP PHOTO / EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY / Y.BELETSKY
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La Silla Observatory, CHILE |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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Y.Beletsky |
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3 Noiembrie 2014 |
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3000 x 2219 (1.28 MB) |
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