埃及沙漠上空的银河

2023年5月10日

Milky Way over Egyptian Desert
Image Credit & Copyright: Amr Abdelwahab

Explanation: For ten years the stargazer dreamed of taking a picture like this. The dreamer knew that the White Desert National Park in Egypt‘s Western Desert is a picturesque place hosting numerous chalk formations sculpted into surreal structures by a sandy wind. The dreamer knew that the sky above could be impressively dark on a clear moonless night, showing highlights such as the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy in impressive color and detail. So the dreamer invited an even more experienced astrophotographer to spend three weeks together in the desert and plan the composite images that needed to be taken and processed to create the dream image. Over three days in mid-March, the base images were taken, all with the same camera and from the same location. The impressive result is featured here, with the dreamer — proudly wearing a traditional Bedouin galabyia — pictured in the foreground.

Tomorrow’s picture: Rocannon’s sun

埃及沙漠上空的银河
影像提供与版权: Amr Abdelwahab

说明: 十年来，这位观星者一直想拍下这样的照片。这位梦想者知道埃及西部沙漠的白沙漠国家公园，是一个风景如画的地方，拥有许多由挟沙风所雕塑出的超现实白垩构造物。梦想者知道，在清朗无月的夜晚，头顶的天空可以极其幽暗，让银河系中央盘面的迷人色彩及细微结构得以突显出来。因此，梦想者邀请了一位更有经验的天文摄影者，陪同在沙漠里度过了三个星期，并规划需要拍摄和处理的合成影像，以创作出梦境般的照片。在今年3月中旬的三天时间里，他们用同一部相机在相同位置拍下所有的基础影像。最后完成的精采成果如这幅主题影像所示，在前景里，可见到自豪的穿着贝都因人传统长袍的梦想者。

明日的图片: Rocannon’s sun