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Zodiacal light with Venus

author: L.Laveder/Novapix

reference: a-pas10-00004

Image Size 300 DPI: 71 * 26 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. March 9 2007, sunset, Tréguennec (Finistère-France).

Keywords for this photo:

2007 - ASTRONOMY - DUST - ECLIPTIC - HORIZON - LANDSCAPE - M45 - NIGHT - PLANET - PLEIADES - STAR - STARRY SKY - VENUS - ZODIACAL LIGHT -