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Credit & Copyright: Garden by Jon Lomberg; Kite Aerial Photography by Pierre and Heidy Lesage
Explanation:
How does your galaxy grow?
Quite contrary to a typical galaxy, this one needs water to flourish.
Pictured above as it appears at the
Paleaku Peace Gardens Sanctuary in
Kona,
Hawaii,
USA, a meticulously planned
garden spanning about 30 meters provides a relatively accurate
map of our Milky Way Galaxy.
Different
plants depict stars,
globular clusters, and even nebulas.
Many bright stars visible in Earth's night sky are
depicted on leaves surrounding
the marked location of the Sun.
Plant rows were placed to represent arms of our Galaxy, including the Sun's
Orion Arm, the impressive
Sagittarius Arm, and the
little discussed Norma
Arm.
A small bar runs through our
Galaxy's center,
while a
fountain
has been built to represent represents the
central black hole.
What a stellar use of space!
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& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Galactic Center - Milky Way - spiral arms
Publications with words: Galactic Center - Milky Way - spiral arms
See also:
- APOD: 2024 April 1 Á Swirling Magnetic Field around Our Galaxys Central Black Hole
- APOD: 2023 December 12 Á Aurora and Milky Way over Norway
- Milky Way Rising
- APOD: 2023 July 18 Á Milky Way above La Palma Observatory
- APOD: 2023 July 16 Á Meteor and Milky Way over the Alps
- APOD: 2023 July 2 Á Milky Way and Aurora over Antarctica
- APOD: 2023 June 20 Á The Nandu in the Milky Way