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Zodiacal light from Pic du Midi observatory

author: Patrick Lécureuil/Novapix

reference: o-pcm01-01064

Image Size 300 DPI: 19 * 29 cm

The zodiacal light comes from the reflexion of the sun's light off tiny interplanetary dust particles in the plane of the solar system. February 2011.

Keywords for this photo:

2011 - ASTRONOMY - DOBSONIAN TELESCOPE - DOME - FRANCE - HAUTES-PYRENEES - HUMAN - LANDSCAPE - MAN - MIDI-PYRENEES - NIGHT - OBSERVATION - OBSERVATORY - OBSERVER - OBSERVING NIGHT - PERSON - PIC DU MIDI - STAR - STARRY SKY - TELESCOPE - ZODIACAL LIGHT -