Dennis Verrios
The lit broadcast tower on the summit of kunanyi / Mount Wellington under a starry sky, with the Large Magellanic Cloud at top left, the Milky Way across the middle, a meteor streak beside the tower and the lights of Hobart below. Photograph by Dennis Verrios.

Tasmania, Australia

Large Magellanic Cloud and a meteor over Hobart

Photograph by Dennis Verrios

From the summit of kunanyi / Mount Wellington, with the lights of Hobart spread out below, the Large Magellanic Cloud hangs at top left. It is a small galaxy orbiting our own Milky Way, visible only from southern skies.

The pink glow of the Carina Nebula sits in the band of the Milky Way across the middle of the frame, and a meteor streaked past the tower during the exposure.