# Beautiful photograph of the Milky Way

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-photograph-of-the-milky-way/644974>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 24, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-photograph-of-the-milky-way/644974 "2012-12-24T02:16:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-photograph-of-the-milky-way/644974/1 "2012-12-24T02:16:54Z")

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[URL=“http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/picturesoftheday/9760338/Pictures-of-the-day-21-December-2012.html?frame=2434124”]MilkyWay waterfall.

StG

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**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-photograph-of-the-milky-way/644974/2 "2012-12-24T02:18:55Z")

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Wow! 😃 Thanks for sharing.

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-photograph-of-the-milky-way/644974/3 "2012-12-24T02:22:09Z")

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that totally fucking rocks

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**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-photograph-of-the-milky-way/644974/4 "2012-12-24T02:30:14Z")

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I see pics like that and immediately go searching for hi-res versions for wallpaper. Sadly, in many cases, I come up empty.

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-photograph-of-the-milky-way/644974/5 "2012-12-24T14:12:15Z")

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Here’s a 600x900 version:

[http://mostamazingpics.com/milky-way-waterfall-by-tore-heggelund](http://mostamazingpics.com/milky-way-waterfall-by-tore-heggelund)

If you look at the code for the image, you might figure out the unscaled version.

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**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-photograph-of-the-milky-way/644974/6 "2012-12-24T14:52:45Z")

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That is gorgeous!