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Central regions of the Milky Way Galaxy. The image on the left is in visible light, and the image on the right is in infrared; the marked difference between the two images shows how infrared radiation can penetrate galactic dust. The infrared image is part of the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS), a survey of the entire sky in infrared light.
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