Milky Way over lake with amateur astronomer. The band of the Milky Way in the night sky over Lake Alqueva, in Campinho, part of the Alqueva Dark Sky Reserve, Portugal. At right, a silhouetted student of astrophotography is using a camera to photograph the night sky. The Milky Way is our galaxy seen from the inside, forming a band of stars and nebulae stretching across the sky. Photographed in 2019.