Night Hides the World

Stars come out as evening twilight fades in this serene skyscape following the Persian proverb “Night hides the world, but reveals a universe.” The scene finds the Sun setting over northern Kenya and the night will soon hide the shores of Lake Turkana , home to many Nile crocodiles . The region is also known for its abundance of hominid fossils. On that past November night, a brilliant Venus, then the world's evening star , dominates the starry skies above. But also revealed are faint stars, cosmic dust clouds, and glowing nebulae along the graceful arc of our own Milky Way galaxy .