Lactee route au raz de l'horizon - Paranal horizon in the milky way plane -...

Lactee route au raz de l'horizon - Paranal horizon in the milky way plane - Fisheye view of the southern sky. The lactee path blends with the horizon line. In the sky, the three brightest galaxies visible on Earth: the two galaxies of the Magellan Cloud, and opposite it to the top right of the image, the galaxy of Andromede. A laser shot from one of the domes of the VLT is visible as well as the gegenschein, the blade glow consisting of dust reflecting the light of the sun, observable only in a dense sky of any parasite light. A fish-eye view of southern sky in Chile. Milky way is visible along the 360 degrees of the horizon line. Also visible are Gegenschein at zenith, Paranal observatory with Laser Guide Star, and the three brightest galaxies visible on earth (the large Magellanic clouds and Andromeda galaxy)