NASA公布冥王星表面色彩
时间：2019-01-12 作者：英语课 分类：2015年VOA慢速英语(十二)月
NASA Paints Pluto 1 Wild With Color NASA公布冥王星表面色彩
NASA, the U.S. agency that explores outer space, calls this image “Psychedelic Pluto.” Pluto is the furthest planet in our solar system. The word “psychedelic” means bright, edgy 2 colors, and Pluto looks pretty wild in this image. The New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto and sent pictures back to Earth. NASA’s New Horizon scientists manipulated this image of Pluto. It highlights the many different areas on Pluto. The pictures were taken 35,000 kilometers away from the planet with the spacecraft’s Ralph/MVIC color camera. It was captured on July 14, 2015. On Earth, that is Bastille Day, which celebrates French independence.
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outer space –n. the area beyond Earth’s atmosphere where there are planets and stars
psychedelic –adj. the effects of certain drugs that bring bright colors and strange sounds.
edgy –adj. a new and unusual way
spacecraft –n. a vehicle used to travel in outer space
manipulated – v. to change something
highlight –v. to bring attention to
- Pluto is the furthest planet from the sun.冥王星是离太阳最远的行星。
- Pluto has an elliptic orbit.冥王星的轨道是椭圆形的。