The Southern Cross

"...There are, doubtless, many different kinds of sounds in the World, and nothing is without sound..."

- 1 Corinthians, 14:10

Caption NASA:"This stunning view of dark skies over Western Australia highlights wonders of the Southern Milky Way - including the famous Southern Cross, the dark Coal Sack Nebula and bright reddish emission regions surrounding massive star Eta Carinae. Recorded at about 2 am, the thirty minute long color film exposure also captured a bright but mysterious object that moved slowly across the sky for over an hour. Widely seen, the object began as a small point and expanded as it tracked toward the North (left), resulting in a comet-like appearance in this picture.
What was it? Reports are now identifying the mystery glow with a plume from the explosion of a malfunctioned Russian rocket stage partially filled with fuel. The rocket stage was marooned in Earth orbit after a failed communication satellite launch almost a year ago on February 28, 2006".