Milky Way over Driftwood Beach, Alberta, Canada

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Northern summer Milky Way over Middle Waterton Lake at Driftwood Beach in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada, in July. Sagittarius is at centre, with the pink Lagoon nebula (M8) right of centre. The Dark Horse complex of dust lanes is over the peak at right. The Scutum starcloud is at top centre. The bright object at far left is Jupiter, with dimmer Saturn to the right.

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Photo credit: © Alan Dyer, VWPics/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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