25,000 light years

[fivemack]

Milky Way - the centre of the galaxy is roughly behind the dust-cloud just over the hills 3/4 of the way across the image. Taken from Tash Rabat, from which the Milky Way was visible across the sky after 30 seconds of dark adaption.

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[twoeleven.livejournal.com]

Those are impressively dark skies.