This breath-taking photo is a single exposure image that embraces the near, the far, and the in between. Astrophotographer Wally Pacholka took this photo inside one of the caves of the Canyonlands National Park in Utah, USA. In this single image, we see mother Earth, represented by the beautiful mesas in the foreground, another planet, the milky way, and deep space. In the upper left of the image we see another member of our Solar System, Jupiter. It may have been a conjunction of the planets Jupiter and Saturn in about 7 BCE (according to our way of reckoning time) that comprised the "star" of the second chapter of the Gospel of St. Matthew.
The ring of stones in the foreground is known as a false kiva, as it is merely a ring of stones on the surface without a subterranean room. It is uncertain when it was made, nor who made it. It is a class II archaeological site, which means that it is not on maps, but park personel will let you know its location if you ask in person.
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