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“Milky Way Arch in the Morning Hours of Spring”

The Milky Way from a summit on the Canary Islands
The Milky Way from a summit on the Canary Islands Photo: Egor Goryachev

This image was captured around 4 a.m. on the Canary Islands of Spain. The Milky Way is a cloudy arc stretching across the sky; in the bottom right, a smudge of orange and green light from Earth’s airglow hint at the coming day.