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 found glowing in a beautiful but unfamiliar manner. The striped bands are called airglow and they result from air high in Earth’s atmosphere being excited by the Sun’s light and emitting a faint light of its own. The bands cross the entire sky — their curved appearance is due to the extremely wide angle of the camera lens. In the foreground lies Château de Losse in southwest France. Other familiar sky delights dot the distant background including the bright white star Sirius, the orange planet Mars, the blue Pleiades star cluster, the red California Nebula, and, on the far right, the extended Andromeda Galaxy. The initial mission was also successful: across the top of the frame is the arching band of our Milky Way.

What if: ChatGPT rewrote this text in the style of Shakespeare, Carl Sagan, or Scotty from Star Trek?

Tomorrow’s picture: or Edgar Allen Poe

法国上空的气辉
图像提供与版权: Julien Looten

说明: 这片不寻常的天空既熟悉又陌生。摄影者原先设定的任务，是要拍摄银河系熟悉的中央盘面所形成的拱弧，悬垂在风景如画的中世纪庄园上空的风情。而令他惊讶的是，在这个一月的夜晚里，前景的天空中却散发带着陌生条纹的美丽辉光。这种带状的辉光称为气辉，源自地球大气高层的空气受到阳光的激发所发出的微光。这些光带横跨整个天空，而它们弯曲的形状来自相机的超广角镜头。图像的前景则为法国西南部的洛瑟庄园（Château de Losse）。在遥远的背景星空中，散布的熟悉天体有泛白的明亮天狼星、橙红的火星、蓝色的昴宿星团、泛红的加州星云，以及右侧长条状的仙女座星系。而当初发想的任务也很成功，因为这片视野的顶端就悬着我们拱形的银河。

如果: ChatGPT以莎士比亚、卡尔·萨根或《星际迷航》中的斯科蒂的风格重写这篇文章呢？

明日的图片: or Edgar Allen Poe