Source: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/5762 http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/5762 "A new, zoomable panorama from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope sho

Source: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/5762 http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/5762 "A new, zoomable panorama from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows us our galaxy's plane all the way around us in infrared light. The 360-degree mosaic comes primarily from the GLIMPSE360 project, which stands for Galactic Legacy Infrared Mid-Plane Survey Extraordinaire. It consists of more than 2 million snapshots taken in infrared light over 10 years, beginning in 2003 when Spitzer launched."