乌鲁鲁上空的银河

乌鲁鲁上空的银河

Milky Way over Uluru
Image Credit & Copyright: Max Inwood

Explanation: What’s happening above Uluru? A United Nations World Heritage Site, Uluru is an extraordinary 350-meter high mountain in central Australia that rises sharply from nearly flat surroundings. Composed of sandstone, Uluru has slowly formed over the past 300 million years as softer rock eroded away. The Uluru region has been a home to humans for over 22,000 years. Recorded last month, the starry sky above Uluru includes the central band of our Milky Way galaxy, complete with complex dark filaments of dust, bright red emission nebulas, and billions of stars.

Tomorrow’s picture: big penguin

乌鲁鲁上空的银河
影像提供与版权: Max Inwood

说明: 乌鲁鲁巨岩上空发生了什么事？名列联合国世界遗产的乌鲁鲁巨岩，是一座位于澳大利亚中部，从平坦的周围原野拔地而起达350米的不寻常山峰。由砂岩组成的乌鲁鲁，是在过去的3亿年里，随着较软的周遭岩石受到侵蚀而逐渐形成的孤立巨岩。乌鲁鲁地区的人类居住史长达22,000年以上。在这幅摄于上个月的影像里，高悬在乌鲁鲁上方星空中的银河系的中央盘面，满布着黝黑的复杂丝状尘丝、明亮的泛红发射 星云及数十亿颗恒星。

明日的图片: big penguin