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Zodiacal light from Pic du Midi observatory

author: Patrick Lécureuil/Novapix

reference: o-pcm01-01051

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. Foreground is the T60 dome. February 2010.

Keywords for this photo:

2010 - ASTRONOMY - DOME - FRANCE - HAUTES-PYRENEES - LANDSCAPE - MIDI-PYRENEES - NIGHT - OBSERVATORY - PIC DU MIDI - STAR - STARRY SKY - T60 - ZODIACAL LIGHT -