Milky Way Arches Over Mt. Lassen Wilderness Night Sky
Monday, May 25th, 2026 at 9:23:20 AM · 2026/Mt Lassen Volcanic National Park
This wide-field astrophotography image captures the Milky Way galaxy's core region sweeping diagonally across a deeply dark night sky above Mt. Lassen Volcanic National Park in northern California. Thousands of individual stars are visible across the frame, with the galactic band showing characteristic dusty lanes and bright nebulous regions concentrated toward the upper-center and right portions of the image. Pine tree silhouettes intrude from the upper-right corner, grounding the celestial scene with a terrestrial element and providing scale. The image conveys the profound darkness and light pollution-free environment that makes national parks such valuable astrotourism destinations. A single notably bright star punctuates the left-center of the frame, likely a planet or prominent star such as Jupiter or Saturn.
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