标签: 银河

在平流层所见的北极光

2024年1月18日 Northern Lights from the Stratosphere Image Credit & Copyright: Ralf Rohner Explanation: Northern lights shine in this night skyview from planet Earth’s stratosphere, captured on January 15. The single, 5 second exposure was made with a hand-held camera on board an aircraft above Winnipeg, Canada. During the exposure, terrestrial lights ...

交错于乡道上空的STEVE与银河

2023年9月27日 STEVE and Milky Way Cross over Rural Road Image Credit & Copyright: Theresa Clarke Explanation: Not every road ends in a STEVE. A week ago, a sky enthusiast’s journey began with a goal: to photograph an aurora over Lake Huron. Driving through rural Ontario, Canada, the forecasted sky show started unexpectedly early, causing the photogra...

沿银河洒落的流星

2023年8月24日 Meteors along the Milky Way Image Credit & Copyright: Ali Hosseini Nezhad Explanation: Under dark and mostly moonless night skies, many denizens of planet Earth were able to watch this year’s Perseid meteor shower. Seen from a grassy hillside from Shiraz, Iran these Perseid meteors streak along the northern summer Milky Way before dawn ...

银河里的美洲鸵

2023年6月20日 The Ñandú in the Milky Way Image Credit & Copyright: Fefo Bouvier; Line Drawing: Alfonso Rosso Explanation: Have you seen the bird in the Milky Way? Beyond the man in the Moon, the night sky is filled with stories, and cultures throughout history have projected some of their most enduring legends onto the stars and dust above. Generations of ...

蓝绿色仙境上空的银河

2023年5月29日 Milky Way over a Turquoise Wonderland Image Credit & Copyright: Petr Horálek / Institute of Physics in Opava, Sovena Jani Explanation: What glows there? The answer depends: sea or sky? In the sea, the unusual blue glow is bioluminescence. Specifically, the glimmer arises from Noctiluca scintillans, single-celled plankton stimulated by the lap...

法国上空的气辉

2023年2月15日 Airglow Sky over France Image Credit & Copyright: Julien Looten Explanation: This unusual sky was both familiar and unfamiliar. The photographer’s mission was to capture the arch of the familiar central band of our Milky Way Galaxy over a picturesque medieval manor. The surprise was that on this January evening, the foreground sky was f...

湖畔的银河

2022年9月10日 Galaxy by the Lake Image Credit & Copyright: Gerardo Ferrarino Explanation: This 180 degree panoramic night skyscape captures our Milky Way Galaxy as it arcs above the horizon on a winter’s night in August. Near midnight, the galactic center is close to the zenith with the clear waters of Lake Traful, Neuquen, Argentina, South America, ...

俄勒冈海岸的海与天之辉光

2022年9月4日 Sea and Sky Glows over the Oregon Coast Image Credit & Copyright: Rudy Montoya Explanation: Every step caused the sand to light up blue. That glow was bioluminescence — a blue radiance that also lights the surf in this surreal scene captured in mid-2018 at Meyer’s Creek Beach in Oregon, USA. Volcanic stacks dot the foreground sea, ...

道路与银河

2022年6月11日 The Road and the Milky Way Image Credit & Copyright: David Cruz Explanation: At night you can follow this road as it passes through the Dark Sky Alqueva reserve not too far from Alentejo, Portugal. Or you could stop, look up, and follow the Milky Way through the sky. Both stretch from horizon to horizon in this 180 degree panorama recorded on...