Milky Way Arches Over Mount Lassen Wilderness Night
Monday, May 25th, 2026 at 9:14:20 AM · 2026/Mt Lassen Volcanic National Park
This wide-field astrophotography image captures the Milky Way galaxy arching across the night sky above Mount Lassen Volcanic National Park in California. The galactic core and its characteristic diffuse glow of densely packed stars and interstellar dust clouds are visible sweeping from the upper right toward the center of the frame. Dark silhouettes of conifer trees — likely pine or fir trees typical of the Sierra Nevada and Cascades region — frame the upper right corner of the image. Thousands of individual stars are visible against the deep black sky, indicating extremely low light pollution at this remote wilderness location. The overall image conveys the vast scale of the cosmos and the pristine darkness of a protected national park environment.
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