小小行星的南极

小小行星的南极

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2022年8月26日 Little Planet South Pole Image Credit & Copyright: Aman Chokshi Explanation: Lights play around the horizon of this snowy little planet as it drifts through a starry night sky. Of course the little planet is actually planet Earth. Recorded on August 21, the digitally warped, nadir centered panorama covers nearly 360×180 degrees outside the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica. The southernmost research outpost is near the horizon at the top where the light of dawn is approaching after nearly six months of darkness. Along the bottom is the ceremonial pole marker surrounded by the 12 flags of the original signatories of the Antarctic treaty, with a wild display of the aurora australis above. Tomorrow’s picture: light-weekend 小小行星的南极 影像提供与版权: Aman Chokshi 说明: 当这颗白雪皑皑的小小行星漂流在繁星点点的夜空时，亮光在它的地平线附近闪烁。当然，这颗小小行星其实是地球。在8月21日记录的此幅经过数位扭曲、以天底为中心之全景图，涵覆盖了南极洲阿蒙森-史考特南极站外头将近360×180度的视野。在其中，地球最南端的研究前哨站位于顶部的地平线附近，而经过将近6个月的永夜之后，黎明的曙光即将降临。影像底部的仪式性的南极标杆，周围环拱着南极条约12个原始签署国的旗帜，其上方则有狂野跃动的南极光。 明日的图片: light-weekend

索菲亚天文台的南极光

索菲亚天文台的南极光

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2022年7月29日 SOFIA’s Southern Lights Image Credit & Copyright: Ian Griffin (Otago Museum) Explanation: SOFIA, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, is a Boeing 747SP aircraft modified to carry a large reflecting telescope into the stratosphere. The ability of the airborne facility to climb above about 99 percent of Earth’s infrared-blocking atmosphere has allowed researchers to observe from almost anywhere over the planet. On a science mission flying deep into the southern auroral oval, astronomer Ian Griffin, director of New Zealand’s Otago Museum, captured this view from the observatory’s south facing starboard side on July 17. Bright star Canopus shines in the southern night above curtains of aurora australis, or southern lights. The plane was flying far south of New Zealand at the time at roughly…