巨眼与银河

2020 April 21

Eye on the Milky Way
Image Credit & Copyright: Miguel Claro (TWAN, Dark Sky Alqueva)

Explanation: Have you ever had stars in your eyes? It appears that the eye on the left does, and moreover it appears to be gazing at even more stars. The featured 27-frame mosaic was taken last July from Ojas de Salar in the Atacama Desert of Chile. The eye is actually a small lagoon captured reflecting the dark night sky as the Milky Way Galaxy arched overhead. The seemingly smooth band of the Milky Way is really composed of billions of stars, but decorated with filaments of light-absorbing dust and red-glowing nebulas. Additionally, both Jupiter (slightly left the galactic arch) and Saturn (slightly to the right) are visible. The lights of small towns dot the unusual vertical horizon. The rocky terrain around the lagoon appears to some more like the surface of Mars than our Earth.

Tomorrow’s picture: earth day

巨眼与银河
图像提供与版权：Miguel Claro (TWAN, Dark Sky Alqueva)

说明：你的眼睛会冒星星吗？影像左侧的这颗巨眼就会，而且它看似在凝视右侧点点的繁星。这幅主题影像，是由去年7月在智利·阿塔卡玛沙漠·双眼盐湖拍摄的27张照片组合而成。影像中的这只”眼睛”，实际上是一座在反映幽暗夜空和银河的小礁湖。而银河看似均匀的光带，其实是数十亿恒星、丝缕状不透光尘埃和泛红星云所聚成。除此之外，木星（银河拱弧左方）和土星（银拱右方）也都清楚可辨。在这幅地平线在垂直方向的不寻常影像里，还可见到小城镇散发的灯火。而礁湖周边的岩石地貌，看来较像是火星的原野，而非地球的景观。

明日的图片：earth day