50 outstanding science and technology images in 2015 (Part I)

The first color photo from Pluto, blooming flowers on the desert, meteor shower, blood moon, the longest glass bridge in the world opened 2 weeks and cracked, . are some of the many representatives Outstanding science and technology events that scientists from all over the world have achieved in the past 2015.

The year is almost over, now is an opportunity for us to look back over the past year with 50 photos representing 50 science and technology events below.

Super moon and total eclipse

Photographer Jose Antonio Hervas has assembled more than 200 images to create the final product above - a picture of the super moon and full eclipse that took place in September this year. This is a rare time lapse image that describes the eclipse process while the Moon is closer to Earth. The next event like this must repeat again until 2033.

The spectacular of science

This is the first award-winning photo in the annual photography competition organized annually by Jose Antonio Hervas Wellcome Trust, a biomedical research organization. The picture above captures the cross-section of a rat's brain, showing the spectacular and miraculous not only from the big things but also from a small part of the organism.

Bahamas Islands

The Bahamas are home to more than 700 large and small islands and underground beaches. The photograph was taken by a NASA astronaut showing a chain of shoals on the west side of Great Exuma Island, in the Bahamas, helping astronauts to recognize the area in the Atlantic. Although the sandy beaches are separated by deep tidal currents, the surrounding water area is less than 25 meters deep.

Big red dot on Jupiter

In fact, this is a storm twice the size of the Earth, covering the sky of Jupiter for at least 150 years (the time that humans can record). Its winds can reach speeds of more than 643 km / h, twice that of the strongest storm ever recorded on Earth. Through images like this, scientists can understand the weather on Jupiter and in relation to below the Earth. But they still do not understand what is in Jupiter's atmosphere creating a red dot like this, which is hypothesized to be the color of ammonium hydrosulfide (NH4) SH but has not been properly verified because it is a Unstable chemicals on Earth. However, right now this is also a beautiful mystery that we can see through the photo.

Forest fire in the western United States

This fire has raged in California this year, where the drought has entered its fourth year. This photo was taken at Rocky Fire, near Clearlake, California showing the intensity and the magnitude of the fire, covering more than 297 km2. Not only here but also many other wildfires occurred in West America. And to cope with the prolonged drought, the government released millions of dark colored balls into the lake to cope with the dangers it posed.

Sand dunes on Mars

This is a photograph taken by the self-acting Curiosity while exploring the dunes around Mars's Mount Sharp area, showing us the dunes that work on other planets for the first time. By analyzing the specimens collected from sand dunes, Curiosity provided NASA with much information, evidence of Martian winds that changed the dunes nearly 1 meter 3 times a year.

Silver ants Saharan

A silver Saharan ant (Cataglyphis bombycina) can find food in the sand in the desert with a temperature of up to 70 degrees Celsius thanks to a shiny coating on the body, making it not burned by heat. Engineers at Columbia University discovered that small, three-sided hairs on the ant's back can reflect visible and near-infrared light. These hairs can be applied to create self-cooling surfaces with a variety of applications, from solar panels to roofs, .

Traffic jam in China

Traffic jam in Beijing China taken from drone. The roads below filled with thousands of cars that lasted nearly 10 km.

Titanic of the Great Lakes

These are the remains of the Rising Sun , a wooden steamboat 40.5 meters long moving in 1917. This is just one of many sunken wrecks identified by shore guards. US sea at Lake Michigan in April this year. In the picture, the water is unexpected during the season, when winter ice is melting and summer algae is still growing. And what's more special is that it's not always easy to spot a shipwreck in regular patrols, but on April 19, a lot of wrecks were discovered and so they called that day. is " Sunday wreck".

Comet Comet 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko

This is a picture of Comet 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet captured by the Rosetta spacecraft from a distance of 128 km. The European Aeronautics Agency (ESA) has processed the image to increase the detail in order to clearly define the operation of the comet and as you can see, around the edges of the celestial body the light shines out. This image allows a close-up view of the different sides of the comet, including the Hapi peak on the front and the Hathor slopes on the side as well as the transition to Anuket.

Meteor shower Perseids

The Perseids meteor shower took place in August this year with bright streaks in the sky taken at Llucmajor, Spain. At that time, the remnants of the comet Swift-Tuttle began to test each other on Earth and were burned in the atmosphere. The first meteor shower was observed in 36 AD The name of this meteor shower originated from the constellation Perseids (Anh Tien).

Expedition XLV: The Science Continues

These are the six astronauts performing the Expedition 45 mission for 1 year on the ISS international space station and before they go, they take a fun photo-poster style movie Star War with full saber light sword, Jedi shirt, .

North ladder to heaven

Using a 500-meter firework system connected by fast-burning fuses and pulling up with a giant helium balloon , artist Cai Guo-Qiang created a fiery ladder that led to the election. heaven When the fire is lit, the cannon will burn from the bottom up during 150 seconds to form a ladder between the sky. Cao initially wanted to implement a fire ladder project in Shanghai, China, Mrs. Los Angeles. But eventually he could only proceed in a small fishing village in Huiyu Island, China.

The world's second largest diamond

The world's second largest diamond has been found in the last 100 years. It was discovered by Lucara Diamond Corporation at Botswana's Karowe mine, weighing 1,111 carats, about the size of a tennis ball.

Homemade watches

This is a homemade watch made by Ahmed Mohamed , a US student. When he was brought to school, he was arrested because it was suspected to be a bomb. After everything was clear, he received a strong wave of support from the community, including US President Barack Obama and Mark Zuckerberg.

The Pluto

The image of the Pluto's face looks more like Earth than a cold ice planet. The photo was taken by the New Horizons spacecraft as it approached the Pluto, showing the mountains around a plain named Sputnik Planum . Unlike Earth, the ice above is made up of Nito, not water.

The longest glass bridge in the world

This is the longest glass bridge in the world that passes through the Zhangjiajie gorge of the national park in Hunan, China. The bridge is nearly 430 meters long, 6 meters wide and 300 meters high above the ground below. The bridge is lined with glass nearly 5 cm and placed on steel support structures. It is known that the glass was cracked two weeks after its inauguration and it was closed for maintenance.

Art work on snow

A ski area in Alberta, Canada has created a large art work by simply using ski boots and a compass. This aerial view-only image takes 11 hours to complete and artist Simon Beck , the author of the work, has spent the past 10 years designing it.

Aurora view from the international space station

Living on the ISS international space station is sometimes a privilege of astronauts, allowing them to see images that are never visible to people under the Earth. Typically, the aurora photo taken by NASA's Scott Kelly and the red part of the optical range are high-oxygen molecules in the Earth's atmosphere hitting charged particles emitted from the Sun. And not only this photo, but for almost a year of working on ISS, he has continuously sent many beautiful images from space.

Weasel riding ants

A picture of a fox on a back of a woodpecker has caused fever on the internet since it was announced by photographer Martin Le-May . The photo was taken at Hornchurch Park in east London, England.

Massachusetts

This is a photo taken by the astronaut Terry Virts from the ISS international space station and posted on Twitter to commemorate the death of actor Leonard Nimoy, a celebrity through Star Trek movies, Real Mission feasible, . The photo was shot at the ISS going through Massachusetts , Nimoy's birthplace.

African penguins

It has been banned from fishing around Robben Island in South Africa to cover the African penguin that is on the brink of extinction. Fishing activities of anchovies and sardines off Cape Town are believed to contribute to a 69% reduction in penguin populations from 2001 to 2013. Although there is still a prohibition on encroachment by marine areas and populations. Basic penguins were protected, but they were still under pressure from fishing, making the recovery process difficult.

Bandeau

This is a bandage , a phenomenon that has caused scientists to be confused in the past. Now, however, a team has been able to reconstruct environmental conditions to form artificial hair with a diameter of 0.02 mm and a length of 20 cm each. Hair bands only grow on dead woody bodies and with the appearance of mushrooms. The team calls this " one of the most interesting forms of ice."

Balloon

A surveillance balloon has escaped the military complex in Maryland. This is one of two giant balloons of the US military to carry out the task of monitoring the east coast. When the globe strayed and flew through Pennsylvania, the army dispatched two fighters and shot it down even though it was reluctant to ensure security.

Flowers bloom in the desert

Flowers bloom in one of the driest places on Earth - Atacama Desert in Chile often has little or even no rain, but due to the impact of El Nino this year it has changed. Some areas of the desert receive rains and as a result a sea of ​​roses has sprung up.