A Glimpse of the Milky Way
In visible light, the bulk of our Milky Way galaxy stars are eclipsed behind thick clouds of galactic dust and gas. But to the infrared eyes of NASA Spitzer Space Telescope, distant stars and dust clouds shine with unparalleled clarity and color.
- Date
- 2005-12-13
- Photographer / author
- NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Wisconsin
- Collection
- JPL
- Archive
- NASA Image and Video Library
- Type
- photograph
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