A view of the setting sky in the west as seen from a latitude of 16° south, at the total eclipse of the Sun, November 2012, taken the night before the eclipse at a dark site near Lakeland Downs, Queensland, Australia. The cars are from the fellow eclipse chasers all parked at this site awaiting the eclipse after sunrise the next morning.
The image shows the Milky Way in Sagittarius setting, the evening Zodiacal Light coming straight up thru the Milky Way perpendicular to the horizon, and the two Magellanic Clouds at left. Shot with the Canon 5D MkII and 15mm lens.
The Amazing Sky 