This page describes an image Real Light Pollution Panorama, by Tomáš Slovinský, Slovakia
Image caption:
Second place in the 2021 IAU OAE Astrophotography Contest, category Light pollution.
This composite image taken in Slovakia in 2020 illustrates the effect due to artificial illumination of light polluted areas. The higher the level of light pollution, the less we can observe in the sky, notice how the number of stars visible even to a sensitive digital camera decreases from right to left. Light pollution not only affects the visibility of objects in the night sky, but also significantly impacts ecosystems, negatively affecting many animals, such as migratory night birds, which may encounter difficulties to find the direction to where they should migrate to, or the sea turtles, which may be confused by the lights from coastal cities located near the beaches where they are supposed to spawn. Light pollution can also negatively impact some human health. Therefore, it is important to preserve the dark and quiet night sky for the benefit of the entire planet and all the diverse life it supports.
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Image credit:
Tomáš Slovinský/IAU OAE
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5366334
Related glossary terms:
Light Pollution
Categories:
Naked Eye Astronomy
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Image caption: Secondo posto al concorso di astrofotografia IAU OAE 2021, categoria Inquinamento luminoso.
Questa immagine composita, scattata in Slovacchia nel 2020, illustra l'effetto dovuto all'illuminazione artificiale delle aree inquinate dalla luce. Maggiore è il livello di inquinamento luminoso, minore è la quantità di stelle che possiamo osservare nel cielo; si noti come il numero di stelle visibili anche a una sensibile fotocamera digitale diminuisca da destra a sinistra. L'inquinamento luminoso non solo influisce sulla visibilità degli oggetti nel cielo notturno, ma ha anche un impatto significativo sugli ecosistemi, influenzando negativamente molti animali, come gli uccelli notturni migratori, che possono incontrare difficoltà nel trovare la direzione verso cui migrare, o le tartarughe marine, che possono essere confuse dalle luci delle città costiere situate vicino alle spiagge dove dovrebbero deporre le uova. L'inquinamento luminoso può anche avere un impatto negativo sulla salute umana. È quindi importante preservare un cielo notturno buio e silenzioso per il bene dell'intero pianeta e di tutte le diverse forme di vita che sostiene.
Image credit: Tomáš Slovinský/IAU OAE
Related glossary terms: Inquinamento luminoso Caption translation status: Approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Giuliana Giobbi
Caption reviewers: Rodolfo Canestrari
Image caption: 2021 年国际天文学联合会 OAE 天文摄影比赛光污染类第二名。
这张2020年在斯洛伐克拍摄的合成图展示了光污染地区因人工照明造成的影响。光污染越严重，我们能观测到的天空景象就越少。注意从右到左，即使对于灵敏的数码相机，能看到的星星数量也在减少。光污染不仅影响夜空中天体的可见度，还对生态系统产生重大影响，许多动物也受到了负面影响，例如迁徙的夜行鸟可能会遇到难以找到迁徙方向的问题，海龟可能会被海滩附近沿海城市的灯光所迷惑，从而错过产卵的地点。光污染还可能对人类健康产生负面影响。因此，保护黑暗宁静的夜空对整个地球及其上丰富的生命至关重要。
Image credit: Tomáš Slovinský/IAU OAE
Related glossary terms: 光污染 Caption translation status: Not yet approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Li Jiankang
Image caption: 2021 年國際天文學聯合會 OAE 天文攝影比賽光汙染類第二名。
這張2020年在斯洛伐克拍攝的合成圖展示了光汙染地區因人工照明造成的影響。光汙染越嚴重，我們能觀測到的天空景象就越少。注意從右到左，即使對於靈敏的數碼相機，能看到的星星數量也在減少。光汙染不僅影響夜空中天體的可見度，還對生態系統產生重大影響，許多動物也受到了負面影響，例如遷徙的夜行鳥可能會遇到難以找到遷徙方向的問題，海龜可能會被海灘附近沿海城市的燈光所迷惑，從而錯過產卵的地點。光汙染還可能對人類健康產生負面影響。因此，保護黑暗寧靜的夜空對整個地球及其上豐富的生命至關重要。
Image credit: Tomáš Slovinský/IAU OAE
Related glossary terms: 光汙染 Caption translation status: Not yet approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: An automated transliteration from the simplified Chinese translation by - Li Jiankang
