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 The Winter Zodiacal
            light on this morning was exceptionally intense. While the ground,
            camera and everything else was starting to dew, the sky was transparent
            with a few black clouds along the horizon. The Planet Venus is
            rising as well, in the center of the light cone, with the Pleiades
            just above it and to the left.

            
The Zodiacal light as
            you recall, is a disk of dust that surrounds the sun which we
            view edgewise. It is actually the brightest reflection nebula
            in the sky!

Instrument:  Canon 17 - 40mm L @ 17mm
Platform:  Robotic Barn Door 
Camera:  Canon 10D @ ISO800
Exposure:  10m
Filters:  UV
Location:  Near Winton, Queensland, Australia
Elevation:  700 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  9/10, Transparency 10/10
Outside Temperature:  45F
Processing Tools:  Photoshop CS, Maxim DL, PixInsight, Pixmantec RAW
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