APOD 2.5

APOD 2.5
               Milky Way over Moon Valley 

The picture above is an image of the Milky Way Galaxy above the Valle de la Luna in the Chilean Atacama desert. The picture was taken October 18th and it took five images to put together the panoramic view. In this picture, four other galaxies can be seen. To the far left of the panoramic, the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are visible and to the right, beyond the Milky Way's central bulge, is the faint Andromeda Galaxy (2.5 million light-years away).