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Re:Largest true-color photograph of the night sky ever by theallan on Thursday December 05, 2013 @04:33AM (#6853428)
What is the "shadow" that appears to go across the plane in a very irregular manner? Is there a local dust cloud obscuring parts of the main plane?
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Re:Largest true-color photograph of the night sky ever by ds_ on Thursday December 05, 2013 @04:50AM (#6853488)
It's the Great Rift http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Rift_(astronomy)
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