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Earth There are many miracles, solar eclipse is one of them.

It is not uncommon for a planet to have one or more satellites, but our moon is too special—according to the facts that are gradually being confirmed now, the formation of the moon came from the early collision of the Earth with another planet, and that planet was hit After being broken, together with part of the earth’s surface, it regrouped into a ball and became the moon. At that time, it was so huge that it almost filled the entire sky, and then it continued and slowly moved away from the earth-countless coincidences gathered together, and the result is now We stand on the earth and look towards the sky. The apparent diameter of the moon is almost the same as that of the sun. Because just covers the sun, human civilization can appreciate the spectacle of total solar eclipse and solar ring eclipse.

"The Golden Ring" by Shuchang Dong (China)

Royal Observatory Greenwich Astronomical Photographer of the Year Grand Champion

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Chinese photographer Shuchang Dong in June 2020 On the 21st, the day of the solar eclipse, I went to Ali, Tibet, but encountered dark clouds all day long.

Until the last minute of the solar eclipse, the sun suddenly penetrated the clouds like a miracle. The photographer was lucky enough to capture this moment and left this photo. Later, the sun disappeared again, and nature is always so unpredictable.

Royal Observatory Greenwich Astrophotographer of the Year Award judge Jon Culshaw commented on this photo: "Its simplicity is powerful, dramatic and profound."

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It gives a feeling,It's like a picture millions of years from now. At that time, the moon is far enough away from the earth, the total solar eclipse will no longer exist, only an annular solar eclipse will remain. The technical excellence of this photo, as well as its naked beauty, attracted the attention of all viewers.

California Dreamin' NGC 1499

by Terry Hancock (UK)

There are more amazing works in this year’s astrophotography competition.

For example, British photographer Terry Hancock spent seven One night, the California Nebula NGC 1499 was photographed with broadband and narrowband filters. It is about 1,000 light-years away from the earth. The name comes from the outline of California, USA.

"The Milky Ring" by Zhong Wu (China)

This ambitious 360° combination photo was completed in two years by Chinese photographer Zhong Wu, using image data collected from the Northern Hemisphere site in China and the Southern Hemisphere site in New Zealand.

In this photo, along Milky Way plane, a large area of ​​cosmic dust, stars and nebulae form a magnificent ring, the panorama covers all the galaxies that can be seen from the earth.

is like a luminous gem in the galaxy ring 💍 Milky Way The central bulge is at the very top, while the bright Jupiter is the lighthouse above the central bulge, to the left of the red giant star Antares. At the bottom of the ring, along the plane and almost 180° from the center of the Milky Way Galaxy It is the area around Orion. In addition, the Milky Way ring also contains two famous galaxies in the southern sky, Magellanic Nebula.

"Celestial Fracture" by Leonardo Di Maggio (UK)

Photographer used A form of modern collage,To deal with some of the shocking images of Saturn, Saturn rings and Saturn satellites brought back by the Cassini , they have a sense of fracture and chaos, and are full of the symbolic undertones of science fiction.

“A Colorful Quadrantid Meteor”

by Frank Kuszaj (USA)

On a cold January night, the photographer and two other friends were shooting outdoors together. They not only captured bolide at high speed and decisively The trail of the Earth, cutting through the earth’s atmosphere, burning in front of my eyes, with distant galaxies and nebulae in the background.

“Another Cloudy Day on Jupiter”

by Sergio Díaz Ruiz (Spain)

Looking at this photo, I really want to have a bite of Jupiter cake. It feels like a strawberry mixed taro cheesecake.

"A Smiley in Space" by Nicolas Rolland (France)

and Martin Pugh (Australia)

M77, NGC1055 and the colorful stars around it form a friendly smiley face in the universe.

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“Polar Lights Dance” by Dmitrii Rybalka (Russia).

“Family Photo of the Solar System”

, aged by Zhipu Wang (China) 15

“Beyond the Limb” by Nicolas Lefaudeux (France)

“The Dolphin Jumping out of an Ocean of Gas”

© Connor Matherne

“Perseverance img” by img13 peach “UK” Luna Dunes" by Jeffrey Lovelace (USA)

"Sharafkhaneh Port and Lake Urmia"

© Masoud Ghadiri

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