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Las Campanas Observatory

author: Alex Tudorica/Novapix

reference: o-lca05-00020

Image Size 300 DPI: 39 * 15 cm

Las Campanas Observatory with the 6.5 meter Magellan twin telescopes in foreground at right. Earth's shadow is projected onto the sky. It is visible as a blue-gray zone. This phenomena is called the belt of Venus.

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2008 - ASTRONOMY - ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA - BELT OF VENUS - CHILE - DAWN - DOME - EARTH - HORIZON - LAS CAMPANAS - MAGELLAN - OBSERVATORY - SHADOW - SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE - SUNRISE -