Copyright:
Nuno Serr�o
原文:
It is not every day that such an interesting cloud photobombs your image. The original plan was to photograph a rare angular conjunction of Mars and Venus that occurred a week and a half ago, with the added bonus of a crescent Moon and the International Space Station (ISS) both passing nearby. Unfortunately, on Madeira Island, Portugal, this event was clouded out. During the next day, however, a spectacular lenticular cloud appeared before sunset, so the industrious astrophotographer quickly formulated a new plan. A close look at the resulting image reveals the Moon visible toward the left of the frame, while underneath, near the bottom, are the famous planets with Venus being the brighter. It was the unexpected lenticular cloud, though, perhaps looking like some sort of futuristic spaceship, that stole the show. The setting Sun illuminated the stationary cloud (and everything else) from the bottom, setting up an intricate pattern of shadows, layers, and brightly illuminated regions, all seen evolving in a corresponding video. Mars and Venus will next appear this close on the sky in late August, but whether any place on Earth will catch them behind such a photogenic cloud is unknown. Follow APOD on: Facebook, Google Plus, or Twitter
中文翻譯:
今日有一幅非常有趣嘅雲彩驚喜入面，原本我打算拍攝一個非常罕見嘅角度合相，當時火星同金星在大約十天前會合，仲有一個彎月同國際太空站（ISS）會一齊出現。不過，喺葡萄牙嘅馬德拉島，呢個美妙嘅天文事件卻被雲彩遮住了。第二日，一片壯觀嘅透鏡雲喺日落之前出現，所以呢位勤奮嘅天文攝影師迅速制定咗新計劃。結果影出嘅圖像左邊有月亮，而底部則見到著名嘅行星，其中金星更加明亮。不過，最吸引眼球嘅，是那片意想不到嘅透鏡雲，似乎像某種未來主義嘅飛船，令整幅圖更為出彩。日落的光線從底部照亮了靜止的雲和周圍的一切，形成複雜的陰影、層次和明亮的區域，而整個過程也拍成了一段視頻。火星和金星下一次會如此接近天空將會是今年八月底，但無論地球上哪個地方能否讓人捕捉到這樣的照片機會，就未知了。
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來源:NASA每日圖片
