Super Moon ดวงจันทร์ดวงใหญ่ 2012

         

          Teacher  PHAITOON  YAEMPRASUAN
          PICTA55@GMAIL.COM

          Occupation and Technology Group

          May 5-6, 2012

       

        SOURCE  :     HTTP://www.boston.com/bigpicture

                        

The night sky on May 5 was animated by the once-a-year cosmic event of the perigee moon. Popularly known as the "Supermoon", the moon appears much larger above us when the elliptical orbit brings it within 221,802 miles to Earth, the closest point. The effect is magnified during a full moon, when we see our nearest celestial neighbor appear roughly 20 percent brighter and 15 percent larger. Collected here are images taken just before, during, and just after the perigee moon of 2012. 

ค่ำคืนวันที่ 5 พฤษภาคม 2555  ได้เกิดปรากฏการณ์ พระจันเต็มดวงใหญ่เป็นพิเศษ ที่เรียกว่า ซูเปอร์มูน Supermoon ...ทั้งนี้ทั้งนั้นเกิดจากการที่ดวงจันทร์โคจรมาใกล้โลกมากที่สุดนั่นเอง  ดวงจันทร์อยู่ห่างจากโลก 2.2 แสนไมล์  (วงโคจรของดวงจันทร์รอบโลกเป็นวงรี)  คืนนี้เราจะเห็นดวงจันทร์โตขึ้นร้อยละ 15 ของขนาดปกติ  และแน่นอนก็ต้องสว่างวับแววขึ้นอีกสักร้อยละ 20 ของภาวะปกติ

The May's full moon rises beside San Francisco's Coit Tower on May 5, 2012. (Frederic Larson/San Francisco Chronicle/Associated Press)
ดวงจันทร์วันเพ็ญ  เดือนพฤษภาคม 2012  ณ หอคอย Coit แห่งนครซานฟรานซิสโก (ฝั่งมหาสมุทรแปซิฟิก ของสหรัฐอเมริกา)

2  The moon shines behind the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro on May 6, 2012. (Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press) #
ภาพดวงจันทร์ขนาดมหึมา หลังปฏิมากรรมขนาดยักษ์องค์พระเยซูคริสต์ เมืองริโอ เดอ จาเนโร  ประเทศบราซิล  6 พ.ค.2012

3   Lanterns released by Buddhist worshippers fly as the full moon shines in the background during a procession commemorating Waisak, which marks the birth, death and enlightenment of Buddha at the 9th century Borobudur temple in Magelang, Indonesia. (Slamet Riyadi/Associated Press) #
การปล่อยโคมไฟ เนื่องในวันวิสาขบูชา ของพุทธศาสนิกชน  บริเวณโบราณสถาน บรมมหาเจดีย์บุโรพุทโธ  สาธารณรัฐอินโดนีเซีย

4  A full moon shines behind the minaret of Mohamed Ali Mosque in Cairo on May 5, 2012. (Asmaa Waguih/Reuters) #
พระจันทร์เต็มดวง ส่องแสง หลังสุเหร่า โมฮัมเหม็ด อาลี  นครไคโร  ประเทศอิยิปต์

5  Wrangler Nate Cummins rides by moonlight on the night before the "Super Moon" during Montana Horses' annual horse drive outside Three Forks, Montana on May 4, 2012. Approximately 300 horses are rounded up and driven 35 miles from their winter range to the Mantle ranch over the course of three days. (Jim Urquhart/Reuters) #  
คืนก่อนซูเปอร์มูน  มลรัฐมอนตานา สหรัฐอเมริกา จะมีเทศกาลงานแข่งม้า ประมาณ 300 ตัว 

6  Skipper Ken Read works at the navigation station while the crew sail under full Supermoon conditions onboard PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 on May 6, 2012 from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami. (Amory Ross/PUMA Ocean Racing/Volvo Ocean Race via Getty Images) #
การแข่งขันเรือใบระดับโลก Volvo Ocean Race  ภายใต้คืน Supermoon

7   The moon rises behind the cross of the Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady) in Dresden, Germany on May 4, 2012. (Robert Michael/AFP/GettyImages) #
พระจันทร์ดวงใหญ่  ณ เมืองเดรสเดน  เยอรมนี  4 พฤษภา 2012

8  The full moon rises behind a steeple of the cross of Ayia Thekla (Saint Thekla) Christian Orthodox church near the coastal resort of Ayia Napa, Cyprus on May 5, 2012. (Petros Karadjias/Associated Press) #
พระจันทร์  ประเทศไซปรัส เกาะเล็กๆ ในทะเลเมดิเตอร์เรเนียน

9  The full moon rises behind a mosque in Amman on May 5, 2012. (Ali Jarekji/Reuters) #
พระจันทร์ดวงโต หลังสุเหร่า ในกรุงอัมมาน  ประเทศจอร์แดน (อาหรับ-ตะวันออกกลาง)

10  A runner makes his way along a trail on a butte in front of the moon at Papago Park in Phoenix on May 5, 2012. (Darryl Webb/Reuters) #
เมืองฟินิกส์  มลรัฐอริโซนา  อเมริกา

11  The moon rises above an egret nesting area in Wichita, Kansas on May 5, 2012. (Bo Rader/The Wichita Eagle/Associated Press) #
เมืองวิชิตา  มฃรัฐแคนซัส  อเมริกา

12  The moon shines behind a rose bush in Los Angeles on May 5, 2012. (Joe Klamar/AFP/GettyImages) #
มลรัฐลอสแอนเจิลีส

13   The moon rises over Los Angeles on May 5, 2012. (Patrick T. Fallon/Reuters) #
มลรัฐลอสแอนเจิลีส

14  The moon rises over the Angel's Gate lighthouse in San Pedro, Calif. on May 5, 2012. (Chuck Bennett/Daily Breeze/Associated Press) #
พระจันทร์ขึ้น  ทะเลเมืองซานเปรโดร  แคลิหอร์เนีย 

15   The moon rises over Vancouver on May 5, 2012. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press/Associated Press) #
นครแวนคูเวอร์  ฝั่งแปซิฟิก  ประเทศแคนาดา

16   The moon rises behind wind turbines on May 5, 2012 near Palm Springs, Calif. (David McNew/Getty Images) #
พระจันทร์ขึ้น เมื่อมองผ่านทุ่งกังหันลม มลรัฐแคลิฟอร์เนีย

17   Tourists look at the moon rising over the ancient temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, Greece on May 5, 2012. (Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images) #
โบสถ์โบราณ โพซีดอน  ประเทศกรีซ

18  The moon rises over Cultus Mountain on May 5, 2012 in Skagit County, Wash. (Scott Terrell/Skagit Valley Herald/Associated Press) #
มลรัฐวอชิงตัน  ฝั่งแปชิฟิก ตะวันตกเฉียงเหนือของสหรัฐ 

19  The moon lights up Waikiki and Diamond Head on May 5, 2012 in Honolulu. (Eugene Tanner/Associated Press) #
หาดไวกิกิ มลรัฐฮาวาย  กลางมหาสมุทรแปซิฟิก

20   The moon appears behind statues of angels on the St. Isaak's Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia on May 5, 2012. (Dmitry Lovetsky/Associated Press) #
นครเซนต์ปีเตอร์สเบิร์ก  สหพันธรัฐรัสเซีย

21  The moon appears behind a steeple of an Orthodox church in the town of Novogrudok, Belarus on May 5, 2012. (Sergei Grits/Associated Press) #
ประเทศเบลารุส  ยุโรปตะวันออก

22   The moon appears behind the Mare shanty town complex in Rio de Janeiro on May 6, 2012. (Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press) #
เมืองริโอ เดอ จาเนโร  สาธารณรัฐบราซิล

23   Maple leaves are silhouetted by the moon in Spring Lake Township, Mich. on May 6, 2012. (Cory Morse/The Grand Rapids Press/Associated Press) #
มลรัฐมิชิแกน  สหรัฐอเมริกา

24  A statue of ancient Greek Goddess Athena is highlighted by the moon in Athens on May 6, 2012. (Kostas Tsironis/Associated Press) #
เทพีกรีก อธีนา  นครเอเธนส์  ประเทศกรีซ

25  Fishermen cast from a jetty as the moon rises over the Atlantic Ocean on May 5, 2012 near Bal Harbour, Fla. (Wilfredo Lee/Associated Press) #
คนตกปลา  มลรัฐฟลอริดา

26   The moon rises over the skyline of Manhattan and One World Trade Center (left) in New York on May 6, 2012. (Gary Hershorn/Reuters) #
เวิร์ลเทรดเซนเตอร์ - (ซ้าย)  เกาะแมนฮัตตัน  นครนิวยอร์ก

27   The full moon rises above Los Angeles on May 5, 2012. (Salman Jafri) #
ลอสแอลเจลีส  อเมริกา

Mongolia's nomads ชาวมองโกลเลี้ยงสัตว์

                       SOURCE :  http://www.boston.com

Through his Vanishing Cultures Project photographer Taylor Weidman documents threatened ways of life. Regular readers of The Big Picture will recognize his distinctive work from his previous entry here on the Mustang region of Nepal. Weidman writes of the threatened nomadic culture in Mongolia: "Mongolian pastoral herders make up one of the world's largest remaining nomadic cultures. For millennia they have lived on the steppes, grazing their livestock on the lush grasslands. But today, their traditional way of life is at risk on multiple fronts. Alongside a rapidly changing economic landscape, climate change and desertification are also threatening nomadic life, killing both herds and grazing land. Due to severe winters and poor pasture, many thousands of herders have traded in their centuries-old way of life for employment in mining towns and urban areas. The ger (yurt) camps that ring the capital city Ulaanbaatar house a permanent population of displaced nomads. There, they live without running water or a tangible use for the skills and crafts that were practiced on the steppes. The younger generation is no longer learning these essential aspects of their nomadic heritage." -- Lane Turner (29 photos total)

A young nomad herds his animals by motorcycle after an early spring snowstorm. Mongolian herders adopt technology quickly and it is not uncommon to see trucks and motorcycles replacing work animals. (Taylor Weidman/The Vanishing Cultures Project)

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After an overnight snowstorm, a nomad brushes snow off of his solar unit, which powers the lightbulb, TV, and cell phone in his ger (yurt). (Taylor Weidman/The Vanishing Cultures Project) #

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A herding family sits inside their ger (yurt) with a flat-screen television playing. Most nomad families use portable solar units or windmills to generate electricity and power their electronics. (Taylor Weidman/The Vanishing Cultures Project) #

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Young jockeys, horse owners, and spectators gather before a horse race during Naadam, the traditional Mongolian festival of the 'three manly sports.' Rural Naadams occur all over the country, building up to the national Naadam that takes place in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar. (Taylor Weidman/The Vanishing Cultures Project) #

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A thirsty goat drinks from a laundry machine in the Gobi Desert. Along with herding, family members here work at a nearby mine, providing extra income for amenities like this solar-powered washing machine. (Taylor Weidman/The Vanishing Cultures Project) #

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A Mongolian woman feeds milk to a lamb with a recycled soy sauce bottle. (Taylor Weidman/The Vanishing Cultures Project) #

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Two Mongolian youth slaughter goats and sheep at a countryside resort for wealthy city dwellers. Mongolian men slaughter these animals by making a small incision in the chest , reaching into the cavity, and pinching or snapping the aorta so the animal bleeds out internally. (Taylor Weidman/The Vanishing Cultures Project) #

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Two wrestlers compete at a small Naadam festival in the countryside. Naadam was traditionally a celebration of victorious conquests, but in the Soviet era, the celebration was organized into a yearly, nationwide festival. (Taylor Weidman/The Vanishing Cultures Project) #

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Decreased precipitation and stronger winds, a product of climate change, has led to the erosion of fertile topsoil and the expansion of the Gobi Desert. (Taylor Weidman/The Vanishing Cultures Project) #

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A herder rides out to collect his animals during a snowstorm. Over the past decade, Mongolia has experienced an uncommonly high number of dzud - severe winters that decimate herd populations. (Taylor Weidman/The Vanishing Cultures Project) #

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In Azraga county, a pile of bones from animals killed during the 2010 dzud lies on the frozen ground. Azraga has been especially unlucky. The winter of 2012 was relatively mild in most of Mongolia, but in this region, a localized dzud killed an estimated 30 percent of the livestock. (Taylor Weidman/The Vanishing Cultures Project) #

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After the closing of a large, Soviet coal mine in Nalaikh, a town about 35 kilometers from Ulaanbaatar, many small mining operations took over. These small mines often employ herding families who have had to give up life on the steppe. (Taylor Weidman/The Vanishing Cultures Project) #

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Mining, though dangerous, is an attractive employment option for former herders whose levels of education often don't extend beyond grade school. (Taylor Weidman/The Vanishing Cultures Project) #

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Illegal miners pan for gold on the steppe. After a spate of incredibly harsh winters wiped out many herds, marginalized herders looked for new occupations, including gold mining. (Taylor Weidman/The Vanishing Cultures Project) #

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The ger districts that ring the capital city, Ulaanbaatar, house a permanent population of displaced nomads. During the winter, Ulaanbaatar is the second most air-polluted capital in the world due largely to coal burning. (Taylor Weidman/The Vanishing Cultures Project) #

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Residents of the ger districts collect recyclable and resellable materials from a trash dump in Ulaanbaatar. Unemployment in the ger districts hovers around 16 percent. (Taylor Weidman/The Vanishing Cultures Project) #

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A Mongolian boy brings water to his home in the ger district. Housing 70 percent of Ulaanbaatar's population, these ger camps have no sanitation services or running water and have high rates of unemployment, alcoholism and crime. (Taylor Weidman/The Vanishing Cultures Project) #

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The view of a construction site in Ulaanbaatar from the ferris wheel of the city's Children's Park. Alongside private enterprises, the Mongolian government plans to build 100,000 new housing units for low-income families. (Taylor Weidman/The Vanishing Cultures Project) #

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A slide in Ulaanbaatar's Children's Park. More than a quarter of Mongolia's population is under 14 years of age, making the country one of the youngest in Asia. (Taylor Weidman/The Vanishing Cultures Project) #

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A young Mongolian girl watches people on a ride in Ulaanbaatar's Children's Park. More than a quarter of Mongolia's population is under 14 years of age, making the country one of the youngest in Asia. (Taylor Weidman/The Vanishing Cultures Project) #

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A young mother drives through Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. Cars are becoming increasingly common due to a booming economy based on mining. (Taylor Weidman/The Vanishing Cultures Project) #

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The streets of Ulaanbaatar shine after a summer rainstorm. (Taylor Weidman/The Vanishing Cultures Project) #

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Blue Sky Tower is one of the most noticeable buildings in downtown Ulaanbaatar. Architecture in the capital is a mixture of grey Soviet bloc apartments and new office buildings and towers. (Taylor Weidman/The Vanishing Cultures Project) #

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The Mongolian stock exchange has seen incredible growth over the past decade. As recently as 2006, this was the world's smallest stock exchange, but it now lists over 300 companies with a combined capitalization of $2.3 billion. (Taylor Weidman/The Vanishing Cultures Project) #

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Mongolians visit a convenience store in Ulaanbaatar. (Taylor Weidman/The Vanishing Cultures Project) #

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A monk walks past a derelict and abandoned Soviet hospital in Ulaanbaatar. Buddhism has re-emerged as a facet of national identity after the fall of the Soviet Union. (Taylor Weidman/The Vanishing Cultures Project) #

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A mother administers an IV for her son. In the Soviet Era, modern medicine was introduced to Mongolia, decreasing infant mortality and increasing life expectancy. These factors have led to a population boom since the early 20th century. (Taylor Weidman/The Vanishing Cultures Project) #

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Two young men help their drunk friend to a waiting car. In 2006, a joint Mongolian Ministry of Health/World Health Organization study found that 22 percent of Mongolian men were dependent on alcohol--a rate that is 3 times higher than Europe. (Taylor Weidman/The Vanishing Cultures Project) #

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A woman stretches on a hilltop overlooking Ulaanbaatar's sprawl. With the fastest growing economy in the world in 2011 and a constant stream of rural-to-urban migrants, Mongolia's capital is expanding quickly. (Taylor Weidman/The Vanishing Cultures Project) #

More links and information

Vanishing Cultures Project - VCProject.org

Taylor Weidman site - TaylorWeidman.com

Mustang: Nepal's former Kingdom of Lo - Boston.com/Bigpicture, 4/18/12