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 people see these celestial icons, hear their associated stories, and pass them down. Pictured here is not only a segment of the central band of our Milky Way galaxy, but, according to folklore of several native peoples of Uruguay, the outline of a great bird called Ñandú. Furthermore, Ñandú’s footprint is associated with the Southern Cross asterism. In the foreground, in silhouette, is a statue of María Micaela Guyunusa, an indigenous woman of the Charrúa people who lived in the 1800s and endures as a symbol of colonial resistance. The composite image was taken in mid-April in Cabo Polonio, Uruguay, with the Atlantic Ocean in the background.

Tomorrow’s picture: the way of the Sun

银河里的美洲鸵
影像提供与版权: Fefo Bouvier; 线条绘制: Alfonso Rosso

说明: 你看过银河里的鸟吗？除了月亮上的人脸之外，夜空更是处处有故事，而历史长河里各种文明，也常把他们一些流传久远的传说和夜空的恒星和尘埃连结在一起。从此，一代又一代的人们观赏这些天体，听着它们的故事，并将之传承下来。上面这幅影像所呈现的，不仅仅是银河系中央盘面的一部分，根据乌拉圭数个原住民族的民间传说，名为美洲鸵（Ñandú）的大鸟之轮廓也出现在其中。此外，南十字星群据说也和美洲鸵的脚印有关。影像中位在前景的剪影，是玛丽亚·古尤努萨（María Micaela Guyunusa）的塑像，她是生活在1800年代的查鲁阿族妇女，其身影则是反抗殖民主义的象征。这幅以大西洋为背景的合成影像，是在今年4月中旬摄于乌拉圭的卡波波洛尼奥。