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Constellation of Ursa Major- Chile

by

S.Guisard/Novapix

Reference

a-cst38-10001

Date

2008-06-16

Symbol of the Northern hemisphere sky, the big Dipper can also be seen from the Northern regions of the Southern hemisphere. This image showing the big dipper "upside-down" was taken in the Valle de la Luna (Moon Valley) in the San Pedro de Atacama region, Northern Chile, at a latitude close to the tropic of Capricorn. This latitude is just enough to let the 7 main stars of the constellation to be visible.