銀河下的翼王伏都教
King of Wings Hoodoo under the Milky Way
來源：Wayne Pinkston
(LightCrafter Photography)｜發表日期：2024-07-21
這個岩石結構不僅是超現實的，而且是真實的。 它之所以沒有更出名，也許是因為它比人們想象的要小：頂石僅懸空幾米。 即便如此，位於美國新墨西哥州的 "翼中之王 "露頭巖仍是一種奇特岩石結構--"胡杜"（hoodoo）--的迷人典範。當一層堅硬的岩石覆蓋在一層被侵蝕的較鬆軟的岩石上時，就會形成hoodoos。為了將這個胡杜巖融入到夜空拍攝中，我們花了一年多的時間來確定拍攝細節。除了要等待天空中雲朵稀少、風景如畫的夜晚，還必須人為地將前景與背景的自然光照得恰到好處。 經過反覆計劃和等待，最終於 2016 年 5 月拍攝完成了這張照片。模仿橫條，背景天空中的銀河系帶在頭頂延伸。
原文：This rock structure is not only surreal -- it's real. Perhaps the reason it's not more famous is that it is smaller than one might guess: the capstone rock overhangs only a few meters. Even so, the King of Wings outcrop, located in New Mexico, USA, is a fascinating example of an unusual type of rock structure called a hoodoo. Hoodoos may form when a layer of hard rock overlays a layer of eroding softer rock. Figuring out the details of incorporating this hoodoo into a night-sky photoshoot took over a year. Besides waiting for a suitably picturesque night behind a sky with few clouds, the foreground had to be artificially lit just right relative to the natural glow of the background. After much planning and waiting, the final shot, featured here, was taken in May 2016. Mimicking the horizontal bar, the background sky features the band of our Milky Way Galaxy stretching overhead.
※ 本文由萌芽機器人自動轉貼自每日一天文圖（Astronomy Picture of the Day，APOD），原文為英文，正體中文是透過 DeepL 翻譯及 OpenCC 進行自動處理，內容僅供參考，若有任何錯誤之處還請見諒！
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