|  |  | Jaw-Dropping & Breathtaking View of Our Own Milky Way Galaxy img515.imageshack.us — "The region pictured here is immense, with a horizontal span of 890 light-years and a vertical span of 640 light-years. Earth is located 26,000 light-years away...Though most of the objects seen in this image are located at the galactic center, the features above and below the galactic plane tend to lie closer to Earth." Someday we'll travel there.More... (Travel & Places) Comments Email Added 2008-07-20 12:30:04 vroom101