Today's APOD shows the MW's center in IR light. If you click on it you will get a 29.5 MB image.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090614.html
Yesterday's image shows the MW's center, below M8, in visible light as a heavenly road.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090613.html
These two images also show the center of the MW. The first image is a close up.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap051023.html
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040411.html