<p>Veiled by cosmic dust, the Milky Way arches over Haleakala Crater on Maui.<br>
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Panorama composed of three side-by-side photographs</p>
Veiled by cosmic dust, the Milky Way arches over Haleakala Crater on Maui.
Panorama composed of three side-by-side photographs
Star Struck
Astronomers turn their telescopes to the unbounded beauty of the Milky Way.
This story appears in the December 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine.
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