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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       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   
       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: Amr Abdelwahab   
      
      Explanation: For ten years the stargazer dreamed of taking a picture   
      like this. The dreamer knew that the White Desert National Park in   
      Egypt's Western Desert is a picturesque place hosting numerous chalk   
      formations sculpted into surreal structures by a sandy wind. The   
      dreamer knew that the sky above could be impressively dark on a clear   
      moonless night, showing highlights such as the central band of our   
      Milky Way Galaxy in impressive color and detail. So the dreamer invited   
      an even more experienced astrophotographer to spend three weeks   
      together in the desert and 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 Bedouin galabyia --   
      pictured in the foreground.   
      
                        Tomorrow's picture: Rocannon's sun   
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