A simply stunningly beautiful image!

[julianh72 (Julian)]

I'm not sure if it's considered "poor form" to post links here to other people's work, but I thought this fantastic image deserves to be shared widely. (And apologies if it's already been posted here.)

http://gizmodo.com/a-rocket-a-meteor...rwh-1521274956

A Rocket, a Meteor and the Milky Way, All in One Overwhelming Image

Pictures of rockets, meteors and the Milky Way are all amazing. But one with all three makes for an overwhelming image indeed.

This amazing picture shows the night sky over Doi Inthanon National Park in Thailand. Within it, you can see the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy, hovering surreally. But there's more: just right of center, there's a lovely meteor streak, and just to the left of that a bright spot which is actually the rising Ariane 5 rocket, launched a few minutes before from Kourou, French Guiana.

Lucky coincidence? Nope: the image was timed to perfection to capture the rocket in flight. But the result was well worth the wait.

[mbaddah (Mo)]

Indeed a beautiful picture! Thanks for sharing.

[Baddad (Marty)]

Spectacular

[gary]

Originally Posted by julianh72

I'm not sure if it's considered "poor form" to post links here to other people's work, but I thought this fantastic image deserves to be shared widely. (And apologies if it's already been posted here.)

Hi Julian,

It is indeed a beautiful image!

With regards copying an image what I would suggest is for posters to just supply the link
to the original web site. This then avoids copyright violation.

The image owner reports on his Facebook page that his image was published on
APOD - http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140212.html

It is also advisable to post an attribution, in this case the image is credited to
Matipon Tangmatitham.

Thanks for bringing it to our attention.

Best regards

Gary Kopff
Mt Kuring-Gai
02 9457 9049

[deanm (Dean)]

Fab image, but I doubt that's a meteor - looks much more like an Iridium flare.

Dean