A True Image from False Kiva
Is there any place in the world you could see a sight like this?
Yes!
This digital mosaic
shows the night sky as seen from False Kiva in
Canyonlands National Park,
eastern Utah, USA.
Diving into the Earth far in the distance is part of the
central band of our
Milky Way Galaxy.
Much closer, the planet
Jupiter
is visible as the bright point just to band's left.
Closer still are the park's
picturesque
buttes and
mesas
lit by a crescent moon.
In the foreground is the cave housing a stone circle of unknown
origin named False Kiva.
The cave itself was briefly lit by flashlight during the exposure.
Astrophotographer
Wally Pacholka reports that getting to the cave
was no easy trek.
Also, mountain lions
were a concern while waiting alone in the dark to record the mosaic.