Milky Way over radio telescope at Qinhai, China. Band of the Milky Way in the night sky over a radio telescope dome at Qinhai Observation Station, in Delinha, Qinghai Province, on the Tibetan Plateau in China. Also visible is a phenomenon called gegenschein, an example of sunlight scattered by interplanetary dust. This astronomy site is at an elevation of 3200 metres. The radio telescope is used for the study of molecular cloud structure in space, and the physical and chemical environment of star formation regions. Photographed on 4 October 2013. | |
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