Stunning summer night sky over Shennongjia draws stargazers(1/5)

The Milky Way stretches across a clear midsummer sky in Shennongjia, central China’s Hubei Province, June 2025. (Photo: China News Service/ Li Kaiyu)

With over 91 percent forest coverage and consistently excellent air quality, Shennongjia is known as “the lungs of central China” and a “natural oxygen bar,” attracting campers and astrophotography enthusiasts.

Visitors take photos under a starry sky in Shennongjia, central China’s Hubei Province, June 2025. (Photo: China News Service/ Li Kaiyu)

Visitors take photos under a starry sky in Shennongjia, central China’s Hubei Province, June 2025. (Photo: China News Service/ Li Kaiyu)

Visitors take photos under a starry sky in Shennongjia, central China’s Hubei Province, June 2025. (Photo: China News Service/ Li Kaiyu)

Visitors take photos under a starry sky in Shennongjia, central China’s Hubei Province, June 2025. (Photo: China News Service/ Li Kaiyu)