Long-exposure night sky image over Kitt Peak

The night sky overflows with light and color in this long-exposure image from Kitt Peak National Observatory. The starry band of the Milky Way spans the upper left of the image, and the subtle reddish colors of airglow tint the sky in scarlet.

[Kitt Peak is a program of the U.S. National Science ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.

Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - May 20, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: video