Milky Way Over Abandoned Kilns

Explanation: What's that below the Milky Way? Historic kilns . Built in the 1870s in rural Nevada , USA to process local wood into charcoal , the kilns were soon abandoned due to a town fire and flooding, but remain in good condition even today. The above panorama is a digital conglomerate of five separate images taken in early June from the same location. Visible above the unusual kilns is a colorful star field, highlighted by the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy appearing along a diagonal toward the lower right. Many famous sites in our Galaxy are visible, including the Pipe Nebula and the Dark River to Antares , seen to the right of the Milky Way. The origin of the green mist on the lower left, however, is currently unexplained .