File:Milky Way 2010.jpg

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This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. The original can be viewed here: Milky Way 2005.jpg: .

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This image is a derivative work of the following images:

• File:Milky_Way_2005.jpg licensed with PD-USGov-NASA
  • 2008-06-04T20:47:35Z Ashill 5600x5600 (4556578 Bytes) {{Information |Description= Like early explorers mapping the continents of our globe, astronomers are busy charting the spiral structure of our galaxy, the Milky Way. Using infrared images from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope,
  • 2005-09-16T08:01:47Z Shizhao 1350x1350 (977628 Bytes) Barred Spiral Milky Way Illustration Credit: R. Hurt (SSC), JPL-Caltech, NASA From http://apod.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050825.html {{PD-USGov-NASA}}

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