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		jimmytidey on Dec 5, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Largest true-color photograph of the night sky eve... Does anyone know what the clouds of black are in the galactic plane? Is there something in the way, or are there no stars there?

nfg on Dec 5, 2013 [–]

Dust and gas blocking light from the stars behind: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar_dust + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_lane

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