Milky Way and zodiacal light over countryside. Zodiacal light and the arc of the Milky Way in the night sky over a country road and reservoir in the Aldeias de Xisto and Pampilhosa da Serra Dark Sky Reserve, Portugal. The Milky Way is our galaxy seen from the inside, forming a band of stars and nebulae stretching across the sky. Zodiacal light is sunlight reflected from dust particles orbiting in the plane of the solar system. Photographed on 19 January 2020.