玉龙雪山上空的火星和流星

2020年11月21日

Mars and Meteor over Jade Dragon Snow Mountain
Image Credit & Copyright: Jeff Dai (TWAN)

Explanation: A brilliant yellowish celestial beacon, Mars still dazzles in the night. Peering between clouds the wandering planet was briefly joined by the flash of a meteor in this moonless dark sky on November 18. The single exposure was taken as the Earth swept up dust from periodic comet Tempel-Tuttle during the annual Leonid Meteor Shower. The view of a rugged western horizon looks along the Yulong mountain range in Yunnan province, southwestern China. Yulong (Jade Dragon) Snow Mountain lies below the clouds and beyond the end of the meteor streak.

Tomorrow’s picture: dark marking on the sky

玉龙雪山上空的火星和流星
影像提供与版权: Jeff Dai（戴建峰） (TWAN)

说明: 明亮泛黄的火星，仍然是夜空很炫目的天体，而在11月18日这个无月的夜晚，云隙后方的火星有转瞬即逝的流星为伴。拍摄这张单曝光影像之时，在每年一度的狮子座流星雨期间，地球正好穿过坦普─塔托彗星遗留的尘埃。影像里嵯峨的西方地平线，为中国西南隅云南省的玉龙山脉之绵延雪峰。在云层下方，流星痕直指的山头即为玉龙雪山。

明日的图片: dark marking on the sky