Copyright:Marcella Pace
中文翻譯:
在遙遠的天空中，有一個特別的時刻叫做至點。至點的意思是太陽暫停的地方。當這個神奇的時候來臨，太陽在天空中的移動速度變得慢下來，似乎在停留著，甚至開始轉變方向。尤其是在十二月的至點附近，太陽的行徑就像同樣緩慢的車子一樣，讓它在北半球的天空中形成了一個低低的弧線，伴隨著周圍的寒冷氣溫。在意大利北部的小鎮Peaio，這條太陽的路徑留下了一個特別的印記。早晨的霜只有在陽光照射到的地方融化了，而在圍欄持續投下影子的地方，則留下了如同圍欄般形狀的霜印在馬路上。這樣的景象就像是在告訴我們，太陽和影子之間的故事！
原文:
The word solstice is from the Latin for Sun and to pause or stand still. And in the days surrounding a solstice the Sun’s annual north-south drift in planet Earth’s sky does slow down, pause, and then reverse direction. So near the solstice the daily path of the Sun through the sky really doesn’t change much. In fact, near the December solstice, the Sun’s consistent, low arc through northern hemisphere skies, along with low surface temperatures, has left a noticeable imprint on this path to the mountain town of Peaio in northern Italy. The morning frost on the road has melted away only where the sunlight was able to reach the ground. But it remains in the areas persistently shadowed by the fence, tattooing in frost an image of the fence on the asphalt surface.
來源:NASA每日圖片
