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It is not usually possible to see
the Milky Way when there is a bright Moon, because the Moon lights up the
sky. It is possible, however, if
you get above much of the Earth’s atmosphere. This image with both the Moon and the
Milky Way easily visible was taken from an elevation of about 10,000 feet at
the top of Hawaii’s Haleakala crater, a dormant volcano. At that high elevation, the air is thin,
the sky is dark, and stars can be seen all the way down to the horizon. The bright object to the upper left of
the Moon is Jupiter.
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