Guardians of the Galactic Jewel Box
on Sheila Ash (India), 26/Feb/2018 06:25, 34 days ago
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The Southern Crossguards the opening carved in the heavensby the galactic arm of the Milky Way stretching far across the night sky.A silk cut on velvet blackbleeding constellations of colourinto our eyes staring in awe from the edge of Fish River Canyon.© Sheila Ash, 2018Notes:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewel_Box_(star_cluster)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CruxIf you want to see a picture of the southern sky from the canyon take a look at the following photohttp://www.skyandtelescope.com/online-gallery/southern-milky-way-namibia/from Photographer Jean-Claude Merlinjcmerlin@wanadoo.frMuch better than my camera and photographic skills which could only managehttps://www.flickr.com/photos/jesjaspers/11426253673/in/album-72157638711336556ashramblings
