Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2023 May 10 [2]A person in silhouette looks out over a desert punctuated by unusual rock formations. High above is a colorful sky including the band of our Milky Way Galaxy and the Rho Ophiuchi star clouds. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. Milky Way over Egyptian Desert Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Amr Abdelwahab Explanation: For ten years the stargazer dreamed of taking a picture like this. The dreamer knew that the [4]White Desert National Park in [5]Egypt's [6]Western Desert is a picturesque place hosting numerous [7]chalk formations sculpted into [8]surreal structures by a sandy wind. The dreamer knew that the sky above could be [9]impressively dark on a clear moonless night, showing highlights such as the [10]central band of our [11]Milky Way Galaxy in impressive color and detail. So the dreamer invited an even more [12]experienced astrophotographer to spend three weeks together in the desert and [13]plan the composite images that needed to be taken and processed to create the dream image. Over three days in mid-March, the base images were taken, all with the same camera and from the same location. The impressive result is featured here, with the dreamer -- proudly wearing a traditional [14]Bedouin [15]galabyia -- pictured in the foreground. Tomorrow's picture: Rocannon's sun __________________________________________________________________ [16]< | [17]Archive | [18]Submissions | [19]Index | [20]Search | [21]Calendar | [22]RSS | [23]Education | [24]About APOD | [25]Discuss | [26]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [27]Robert Nemiroff ([28]MTU) & [29]Jerry Bonnell ([30]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [31]Specific rights apply. [32]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [33]ASD at [34]NASA / [35]GSFC, [36]NASA Science Activation & [37]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2305/DesertSky_Abdelwahab_2048.jpg 3. https://www.instagram.com/amr_abdulwahab/ 4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Desert_National_Park 5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt 6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Desert_(Egypt) 7. https://www.inside-egypt.com/the-white-desert.html 8. https://youtu.be/vgBpr-7AUjg 9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200408.html 10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191022.html 11. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/285/the-milky-way-galaxy/ 12. https://www.instagram.com/vikaschanderastrophotography/ 13. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/30/62/75/3062756a297f1e3c22e35f3fe89b3ecc.jpg 14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedouin 15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellabiya 16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230509.html 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 20. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 25. https://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=230510 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230511.html 27. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 28. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 29. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 30. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 31. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 32. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 33. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 34. https://www.nasa.gov/ 35. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 36. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 37. http://www.mtu.edu/