Paul Wilson Images posted this photo at EarthSky Facebook. He wrote:
The lake surrounds the Milky Way, and the intense green atmospheric airglow surrounds everything. But the thick spiral of our extremely hot and cold galaxy is still and always held highly on a pedestal in my view.
That is how it felt while shooting this 360-degree panorama, looking at my camera screen astounded by seeing the intense greenness.
I instantly knew I wanted to join these 48 images with the ‘little planet’ method and not the typical panorama style.
I hope you like my efforts from the after hours mission I undertook a month or so ago.
Deborah Byrd created the EarthSky radio series in 1991 and founded EarthSky.org in 1994. Prior to that, she had worked for the University of Texas McDonald Observatory since 1976, and created and produced their Star Date radio series. Today, she serves as Editor-in-Chief of this website. She has won a galaxy of awards from the broadcasting and science communities, including having an asteroid named 3505 Byrd in her honor. In 2020, she won the Education Prize from the American Astronomical Society, the largest organization of professional astronomers in North America. A science communicator and educator since 1976, Byrd believes in science as a force for good in the world and a vital tool for the 21st century. "Being an EarthSky editor is like hosting a big global party for cool nature-lovers," she says.
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