Driving to a alpine Lake in mount Gongga, Sichuan province of China in March 26th, my car was trapped by the heavy snow in 4200m above sea level. As the sky fade to the darkness, I took out my camera to capture this gorgeous night sky. Ghostly Zodiacal light, featured near the center of this panorama, is produced as sunlight is scattered by dust in the Solar System's ecliptic plane. In the weeks surrounding the March equinox, Zodiacal light is more prominent after sunset in the northern hemisphere, when the ecliptic makes a steep angle with the horizon. In this picture, the narrow triangle of Zodiacal light extends above the western horizon and seems to end at the dazzling planet Venus and Pleiades star cluster. Arcing above the Pleiades are stars and nebulae along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy. In the background sky from left to right below the arc of Milky Way: Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, Constellation Orion, Taurus, and Cassiopeia in the right end. The vista is taken at March 26th, composed of 10 separate pictures spanning over 180 degrees.
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