The Ultimate Space Porn: A 648 Megapixel Image Of Our Galaxy
Physicist Axel Mellinger pieced together this image of the night sky out of 3,000 individual images. Mellinger traveled 26,000 miles, taking images in South Africa, Texas and Michigan, then added data from two space probes. Yes, it’s hardcore. An earlier version of this panoramic image was an Astronomy Picture Of The Day in 2001, but…
