來自國際空間站的巨型噴氣機
Giant Jet from the International Space Station
發表日期:2024-08-13
地平線上是什麼?上月初,宇航員馬修-多米尼克(Matthew Dominick)在國際空間站環繞地球飛行時,在地球邊緣外看到了一種不同尋常的閃電:巨大的噴流。這股強大的噴流出現在特寫圖片的左側,以紅色和藍色為主色調。巨型噴流閃電在過去 23 年中才為人所知。大氣噴流與雷暴有關,並向上延伸至地球的電離層。 畫面下部顯示的是夜晚的地球,地球稀薄的大氣層被氣輝染成綠色。城市的燈光時隱時現,但通常會在雲層中形成瀰漫的白光。 畫面頂部是漆黑夜空中遙遠的星星。巨型噴流的性質及其可能與其他型別的瞬態發光事件(TLEs)(如藍色噴流和紅色精靈)之間的聯絡仍然是一個活躍的研究課題。 成長相簿: 2024 年英仙座流星雨和極光
原文:What's that on the horizon? When circling the Earth on the International Space Station early last month, astronaut Matthew Dominick saw an unusual type of lightning just beyond the Earth's edge: a gigantic jet. The powerful jet appears on the left of the featured image in red and blue. Giant jet lightning has only been known about for the past 23 years. The atmospheric jets are associated with thunderstorms and extend upwards towards Earth's ionosphere. The lower part of the frame shows the Earth at night, with Earth's thin atmosphere tinted green from airglow. City lights are visible, sometimes resolved, but usually creating diffuse white glows in intervening clouds. The top of the frame reveals distant stars in the dark night sky. The nature of gigantic jets and their possible association with other types of Transient Luminous Events (TLEs) such as blue jets and red sprites remains an active topic of research. Growing Gallery: Perseid Meteor Shower 2024 and Aurorae
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