This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. The original can be viewed here: Milky Way 2005.jpg: .
The NASA website hosts a large number of images from the Soviet/Russian space agency, and other non-American space agencies. These are not necessarily in the public domain.
The SOHO (ESA & NASA) joint project implies that all materials created by its probe are copyrighted and require permission for commercial non-educational use. [2]
2008-06-04T20:47:35Z Ashill 5600x5600 (4556578 Bytes) {{Information |Description= Like early explorers mapping the continents of our globe, astronomers are busy charting the spiral structure of our galaxy, the Milky Way. Using infrared images from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope,
2005-09-16T08:01:47Z Shizhao 1350x1350 (977628 Bytes) Barred Spiral Milky Way Illustration Credit: R. Hurt (SSC), JPL-Caltech, NASA From http://apod.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050825.html {{PD-USGov-NASA}}
Reverted to version as of 10:51, 30 June 2010. The image with the larger bulge should be used here for historical reasons (Comparing how artists impressions changed over time). File:Artist’s_impression_of_the_Milky_Way.jpg should be used instead...