M6 Motorway cutting through the Lune Valley near Tebay, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The M56 Motorway at night looking east at junction with the M6, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

An electric car recharging station at the Charnock Richard M6 motorway service station, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Rush hour traffic on the M6 Motorway near Preston, Lancashire, UK at dusk.

An electric car recharging station at the Charnock Richard M6 motorway service station, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

An electric car recharging station at the Charnock Richard M6 motorway service station, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Lorries blown over on the M6 motorway near Shap in January 2005 when a severe storm hit Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Lorries blown over on the M6 motorway near Shap in January 2005 when a severe storm hit Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Lorries blown over on the M6 motorway near Shap in January 2005 when a severe storm hit Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

An oystercatcher using a motorway sign as a perch, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

An incident support unit at a service station on the M6 motorway, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Oystercatchers using a motorway sign as a perch, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Mars (at left) and the galactic centre area of the summer Milky Way low over the southern horizon at Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, Alberta, on June 8/9, 2018. Sagittarus is at centre, with Scorpius at right. The Messier 6 and 7 open star clusters are just above the horizon at centre, just right of the Sweetgrass Hills on the horizon in Montana.

The centre of the galaxy area of the Milky Way toward Sagittarius and Scorpius, with the Sagittarius Starcloud right of centre, and the Lagoon Nebula (M8) left of centre. The Cat's Paw Nebula (NGC 6334) in Scorpius is at upper right, the Swan Nebula (M17) and Eagle Nebula (M16) are at lower left. To the right of them is the Small Sagittarius Starcloud (M24). At the very top is the Snake Nebula (B72). The main mass of dark nebula is the Pipe Nebula (B78). Above M24 at left is the open cluster M23 while below the M24 star cloud is the cluster M25. The globular M22 is at the bottom edge. At right of frame are the open clusters M6 (in the dark area of the Milky Way) and M7 (in the bright starcloud).

All of Scorpius, plus parts of Lupus and Ara regions of the southern Milky Way. This area was directly overhead when I took this at about 4:30 am local time on April 6, 2014 from near Coonabarabran, Australia. The head of Scorpius is at top his tail at bottom though you could turn this image any direction and it would be correct as seen in the sky at this latitude, depending on the time of night. But in portrait mode like this north is at top. Along the Milky Way are numerous nebulas, including the False Comet area, the Cat's Paw area, and the colourful nebulas around Antares at top. The dark Pipe Nebula is at left of frame.

A mosaic of the region around the centre of the Milky Way in Sagittarius and Scorpius. The field takes in the Milky Way from the Cat's Paw Nebula at bottom edge to the Eagle Nebula at top left. In between from top to bottom are the Swan Nebula (M17), the Small Sagittarius Starcloud (M24), the Trifid and Lagoon Nebulas (M20 and M8) and the open clusters M6 and M7. The prominent dark nebula at right is the large Pipe Nebula (B78) with the small Snake Nebula (B72) above it. The whole complex is visible to the naked eye as the Dark Horse.