Copernicus Sentinel-2 lub hom phiaj ntawm European Space Agency (ESA) tau ntes cov duab ntawm Maha Kumbh Mela, lub ntiaj teb coob tib neeg sib sau ua ke nyob rau hauv lub nroog ntawm Prayagraj nyob rau hauv Is Nrias teb. Raws li kev kwv yees, ntau dua 600 lab tus tib neeg tau koom nrog 44-hnub kev ua koob tsheej uas tau pib rau hnub puv hli ntawm 13 Lub Ib Hlis 2025 thiab xaus rau 26 Lub Ob Hlis 2025 nyob rau hnub ntawm Maha Shivaratri.
Kev sib piv ntawm cov duab ntawm thaj chaw ntawm qhov sib txuam ntawm tus dej Yamuna nrog Ganges ze Prayagraj, coj ib lub hlis ua ntej pib lub koob tsheej ntawm 13 Lub Kaum Ob Hlis 2024 thiab ntawm 27 Lub Ib Hlis 2025 thaum lub caij ua koob tsheej, qhia txog thaj tsam ntawm cov qauv ib ntus tsim rau qhov kev tshwm sim.
muaj cov ntaub ntawv hloov kho Copernicus Sentinel (2024), ua tiav los ntawm ESA)
Tshaj li 40 square km cheeb tsam raws ntug dej ntawm Ganges tau hloov mus rau hauv lub nroog ib ntus nrog vaj tse, hluav taws xob, dej haus thiab chaw nres tsheb. Lub tsev pheeb suab hauv nroog muaj nyob ib ncig ntawm 150 000 chav dej thiab 11 lub tsev kho mob.
0n 27 Lub Ib Hlis 2025, Don Pettit, NASA astronaut aboard Internatinal Space Station (ISS) tau tshaj tawm cov duab txuas ntxiv ntawm Maha Kumbh Mela 2025 raws li pom los ntawm qhov chaw.
2025 Maha Kumbh Mela Ganges River pilgrimage los ntawm ISS thaum hmo ntuj. Kev sib sau loj tshaj plaws ntawm tib neeg nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb tau teeb pom kev zoo. pic.twitter.com/l9YD6o0Llo
— Don Pettit (@astro_Pettit) Lub ib hlis ntuj 26, 2025
Kumbh Mela festivals nyiam tsheej lab ntawm cov neeg taug kev uas koom nrog kev ntseeg Indian. Lub nroog dawb huv ntawm Prayagraj, Haridwar, Ujjain thiab Nasik tau tig txhua plaub xyoos los ntawm kev sib hloov los tuav lub koob tsheej, qhov twg cov neeg taug kev tuaj sib sau ua ke da dej. Xyoo no kev ua koob tsheej ntawm Prayagraj yog Maha (Great) Kumbh Mela, uas tshwm sim tsuas yog txhua 144 xyoo.
Tom ntej no Kumbh Mela yuav muaj nyob rau hauv Nashik los ntawm 17 Lub Xya Hli 2027 txog 17 Lub Yim Hli 2027 raws ntug dej dawb huv ntawm tus dej Godavari.
Kumbh Mela tau sau rau hauv UNESCO's Tus Neeg Sawv Cev Cov Ntawv Teev Npe ntawm Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity hauv 2017.
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References:
- ESA. Ntiaj teb los ntawm Chaw: Maha Kumbh Mela festival, India. Tshaj tawm 28 Lub Ob Hlis 2025. Muaj nyob ntawm https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/02/Earth_from_Space_Maha_Kumbh_Mela_festival_India
- NASA. Lub hli tom ntej yog Hma hli. Tshaj tawm 6 Lub Ib Hlis 2025. Muaj nyob ntawm https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/skywatching/the-next-full-moon-is-the-wolf-moon/
- UNESCO. Kumbh Mela - Cov Neeg Sawv Cev Cov Npe ntawm Cov Neeg Tsis Muaj Peev Xwm Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Muaj nyob ntawm https://web.archive.org/web/20210507134101/https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/kumbh-mela-01258
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