银河下方的帝王翼浮图

2024年7月21日

King of Wings Hoodoo under the Milky Way
Image Credit & Copyright: Wayne Pinkston (LightCrafter Photography)

Explanation: This rock structure is not only surreal — it’s real. Perhaps the reason it’s not more famous is that it is smaller than one might guess: the capstone rock overhangs only a few meters. Even so, the King of Wings outcrop, located in New Mexico, USA, is a fascinating example of an unusual type of rock structure called a hoodoo. Hoodoos may form when a layer of hard rock overlays a layer of eroding softer rock. Figuring out the details of incorporating this hoodoo into a night-sky photoshoot took over a year. Besides waiting for a suitably picturesque night behind a sky with few clouds, the foreground had to be artificially lit just right relative to the natural glow of the background. After much planning and waiting, the final shot, featured here, was taken in May 2016. Mimicking the horizontal bar, the background sky features the band of our Milky Way Galaxy stretching overhead.

Tomorrow’s picture: find the galaxy

银河下方的帝王翼浮图
影像提供与版权: Wayne Pinkston (LightCrafter Photography)

说明: 这座看起来很梦幻的石结构，是真实存在的物体。它声名不显的原因，或许是因为它比想像中的要来得小，悬空石冠的长度只有短短数公尺而已。话虽如此，位于美国 新墨西哥州的帝王翼露头，是一种称为浮图的不寻常石结构之有趣范例。会形成 浮图，通常是被浸蚀的软岩上头，覆盖着一层硬岩。至于要如何把这座浮图纳入星空影像里，前后经过了一年多的仔细规画。除了要等待值得拍照的夜空出现在无云的天空中之外，前景打光的程度，也要恰好和背景的辉光匹配。在长期规划和等待之后，摄景者终于在2016年5月拍下这幅主题影像。影像中，背景天空中绵延的银河系盘面，看似也在呼应水平伸展的石冠。 （King of Wings Hoodoo 帝王翼浮图）

明日的图片: find the galaxy