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The Pleiades cluster with zodiacal light

author: L.Laveder/Novapix

reference: a-pas10-00011

Image Size 300 DPI: 47 * 75 cm

The faint cone of light extending from the horizon along the ecliptic is known as zodiacal light. It comes from the reflexion of the sun's light off tiny interplanetary dust particles in the plane of the solar system. One can see it here from the bottom right of the image to beyond the Pleiades cluster near the center of the image. Gers, France.

Keywords for this photo:

2009 - ASTRONOMY - DUST - ECLIPTIC - HORIZON - LANDSCAPE - M45 - NIGHT - PLEIADES - POSTER - STAR - STAR CLUSTER - STARRY SKY - TAURUS - ZODIACAL LIGHT -