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On April 1, 1995, the Hubble Space Telescope delivered the goods, capturing an image of the universe so clear and deep that it has come to be known as Pillars of Creation.
1995年4月1号,哈勃太空望远镜终于交货了,它为宇宙极深之处拍摄了一张如此清晰的照片,以至于这张照片后来被称为“创世之柱”。
No. 4
地球缓缓升起
It’s never easy to identify the moment a hinge turns in history. When it comes to humanity’s first true grasp of the beauty, fragility and loneliness of our world, however, we know the precise instant.
想要确定历史的铰链何时转动从来就不是件容易的事。然而,当人类第一次看到我们地球的真实面目时,当我们第一次看到它真实的美丽、脆弱和孤独时,我们完全意识到了这一刻。
It was on December 24, 1968, exactly 75 hours, 48 minutes and 41 seconds after the Apollo 8 spacecraft lifted off from Cape to becoming the first manned mission to orbit the moon.
这是1968年12月24号,确切地讲是在阿波罗8号太空船从卡拉维拉尔角升空后的第75小时48分钟41秒,这艘太空船执行了人类的第一个绕月飞行任务。
No. 5
牛奶王冠
Before Harold Edgerton, it was futile to try to photograph a fleeting moment.
在哈罗德·埃格顿之前,想要将一瞬间的画面拍摄下来一直是徒劳的。
But in the 1950s at his lab at MIT, Edgerton started tinkering with a process that would change the future of photography.
但1950年代里,在他位于麻省理工学院的实验室里,埃格顿开始摆弄起一种会改变未来摄影业的新方法。
His revolutionary stop-motion photograph, freezes the impact of a drop of milk on a table, a crown of liquid discernible to the camera for only a millisecond.
他革命性的停格摄影捕捉到了一滴牛奶落在桌上的瞬间,摄像头识别到这个液体王冠的时间只有1毫秒。
No. 6
乔丹
It may be the most famous silhouette ever photographed.
这可能是史上被拍到的最著名的剪影。
Jacobus “Co” Rentmeester captured the basketball star soaring through the air for a dunk, legs split like a ballet dancer’s and left arm stretched to the stars.
雅各布斯·科·伦特迈斯特捕捉到了这位篮球巨星升空而起扣篮的一瞬间,他的两腿像芭蕾舞者一样分开,而他的左臂伸向空中的群星。