智利——黑暗中的日食勝景

日食，使智利陷入黑暗的

Hundreds of thousands of tourists gathered in the north Chilean desert to experience a rare combination for astronomy buffs, a total eclipse of the sun viewed from beneath the world's clearest skies.

數(shù)以萬計(jì)的游客聚集在智利北部的沙漠中，在世界上最清澈的天空下觀看的日全食，體驗(yàn)天文學(xué)愛好者的難得組合。

Eclipse-watchers in Chile were not disappointed when a 150-kilometre band of total darkness moved eastward across the Pacific Ocean, making landfall in Chile on Tuesday.

沒讓智利的日食觀測者失望，一條150公里長的完全黑暗帶向東穿過太平洋，周二如約登陸智利。

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The eclipse delighted and amazed those watching with several people sharing photos and videos on Twitter.

那些能看到日食的幸運(yùn)兒，在Twitter上用照片和視頻分享他們的高興和驚奇。

One user said she was "at a loss for words" after watching the eclipse, with another simply captioning her picture "just wow".

一位用戶說，她在觀看日食后興奮的“不知所措”，另一位用戶只是簡單地在她的照片上加上“哇哦”。

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A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, plunging the planet into darkness.

當(dāng)月球經(jīng)過地球和太陽之間，地球陷入黑暗時(shí)，就會(huì)發(fā)生日食。

The best views were from Chile's sprawling Atacama desert north of the coastal city of La Serena, where a lack of humidity and city lights combine to create the world's clearest skies.

最好的景色來自智利沿海城市拉塞雷納以北的阿塔卡馬沙漠，沒有了濕氣和城市的燈光，造就了世界上最清澈的天空。

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In the capital of Santiago, office workers poured from buildings to catch a glimpse of the phenomenon.

在首都圣地亞哥，上班族從大樓里蜂擁而出，只為一睹這一現(xiàn)象。

"This is something rare that we may never see again," said Marcos Sanchez, a 53-year-old pensioner from Santiago.

來自圣地亞哥的53歲退休人員馬科斯·桑切斯說：“這是一種我們可能再也見不到的罕見現(xiàn)象。”

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The region had not seen an eclipse since 1592, according to the Chilean Astronomy Society. The next one is expected in 2165.

據(jù)智利天文學(xué)會(huì)稱，該地區(qū)自1592年以來就沒有出現(xiàn)過日食，下一次看到可能要到2165年。