Astrophotographer peers into a cosmic 'eye' looking out into the universe

An arc of hazy white light stretches across a starry night sky next to a curved panoramic view of a lush green landscape. the whole image is rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise so that the sky is on the left and the landscape is on the right. the combination of the arc of white light and the arc of the ground forms almost an eye-like shape.

Miguel Claro is a professional photographer, author and science communicator based in Lisbon, Portugal, who creates spectacular images of the night sky. As a European Southern Observatory Photo Ambassador and member of The World At Night and the official astrophotographer of the Dark Sky Alqueva Reserve, he specializes in astronomical "Skyscapes" that connect both Earth and the night sky. 

This unusual portrait appears to depict what could be a giant eye, viewed from our lovely planet Earth while staring deep into the beauty of the Milky Way galaxy. It is important to remember that this collection of billions of stars it is indeed our true cosmic home.