2026 April 19 - Eye on the Milky Way

About this episode

This episode features an image of a lagoon in Chile that resembles an eye looking towards the Milky Way galaxy.

In today's image, we see a lagoon from Chile, imaged to give the appearance of a great eye looking out toward our Milky Way galaxy. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day . You can use the archive link below the image to select the photo corresponding to the date of this podcast. I welcome comments and suggestions about these podcasts. I can be reached here: wagnerastronomy@gmail.com This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License . =

People in this episode

Host: Robert M Wagner

Topics covered

• Milky Way
• astronomy
• photography
• Chile
• podcast

Keywords

• Milky Way
• astronomy
• podcast
• Chile
• lagoon
• image

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Astronomy Picture of the Day

Places: Chile, Milky Way

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