2026 July 06 - Dueling Bands over the Atacama Desert

In today's image, we see two bands of light in the sky. To the left is the Milky Way - our galaxy as we see it from within. To the right is the zodiacal light - a band of light caused by reflection of light off dust grains in our solar system. 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: [email protected] work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.