Milky Way over Laigu Glacier. The Milky Way and zodiacal light over Laigu Glacier in Qamdo Prefecture, Tibet, China. Laigu Glacier is the joint name f

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Milky Way over Laigu Glacier. The Milky Way and zodiacal light over Laigu Glacier in Qamdo Prefecture, Tibet, China. Laigu Glacier is the joint name for a group of glaciers. It is one of the three largest glaciers in the world. The name Laigu comes from a nearby Tibetan village. The Milky Way is our galaxy seen from the inside, forming a band of stars and nebulae stretching across the sky. Zodiacal light is sunlight reflected from dust particles orbiting in the plane of the solar system. From Earth it is seen as a cone of light along the ecliptic, the orbital path of the Sun, Moon and planets in the sky. Photographed on 18 October 2015.

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