I-Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission ye-European Space Agency (ESA) ithathe imifanekiso ye Maha Kumbh Mela, eyona ndibano inkulu yabantu ehlabathini eyayibanjelwe kwisixeko sasePrayagraj eIndiya. Ngokoqikelelo, bangaphezulu kwezigidi ezingama-600 abantu abathathe inxaxheba kumnyhadala weentsuku ezingama-44 owaqala ngomhla weNyanga epheleleyo nge-13 kaJanuwari 2025 waze waqukunjelwa nge-26 kaFebruwari 2025 Maha Shivaratri.
Ukuthelekiswa kwemifanekiso yendawo ekudibaneni komlambo waseYamuna kunye neGanges kufuphi nePrayagraj, ethathwe inyanga ngaphambi kokuqala komthendeleko nge-13 kaDisemba 2024 kunye ne-27 kaJanuwari 2025 ngexesha lomnyhadala, ibonisa ubungakanani bezakhiwo zexeshana eziphuhliswe kweso siganeko.
iqulethe idatha elungisiweyo ye-Copernicus Sentinel (2024), eqhutywe yi-ESA)
Ngaphezulu kwe-40 yeekhilomitha zeekhilomitha ecaleni kweendonga zeGanges yaguqulwa yaba sisixeko sexeshana esinezindlu, umbane, amanzi okusela kunye neendawo zokupaka. Isixeko esizintente sinezindlu zangasese ezimalunga ne-150 000 kunye nezibhedlele ezili-11.
Ngomhla wama-0 kaJanuwari 27, uDon Pettit, usomajukujuku weNASA okhwele kwiSikhululo seNdawo sangaPhakathi (ISS) wabelane ngemifanekiso yeMaha Kumbh Mela 2025 eqhubekayo njengoko ibonwa kwisithuba.
I-2025 i-Maha Kumbh Mela Ganges River pilgrimage evela kwi-ISS ebusuku. Eyona ndibano inkulu yabantu ehlabathini inesibane esikhanyayo. pic.twitter.com/l9YD6o0Llo
-UDon Pettit (@astro_Pettit) January 26, 2025
Iminyhadala yaseKumbh Mela itsala izigidi zabahambi ngezonqulo beenkonzo zamaIndiya. Izixeko ezingcwele zasePrayagraj, eHaridwar, e-Ujjain naseNasik zitshintshana rhoqo emva kweminyaka emine ngokujikeleza ukusingatha umnyhadala, apho abahambi ngezonqulo bahlanganisana khona ukuze bahlambe ngokwesiko. Umnyhadala walo nyaka ePrayagraj yayiyiMaha (enkulu) iKumbh Mela, eyenzeka kuphela emva kweminyaka eyi-144.
I-Kumbh Mela elandelayo iya kubanjelwa e-Nashik ukusuka kwi-17 kaJulayi 2027 ukuya kwi-17 Agasti 2027 ecaleni kweendonga ezingcwele zoMlambo i-Godavari.
Kumbh Mela kubhalwe phantsi UNESCOULuhlu oluMeleyo lweLifa leMveli leNkcubeko eNgaphathekiyo loLuntu ngo-2017.
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Iingxelo:
- ESA. Umhlaba ovela kwiSithuba: Maha Kumbh Mela umnyhadala, eIndiya. Ithunyelwe nge-28 kaFebruwari 2025. Ifumaneka apha https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/02/Earth_from_Space_Maha_Kumbh_Mela_festival_India
- NASA. INyanga elandelayo ePheleleyo yiNyanga yeNgcuka. Ithunyelwe nge-6 kaJanuwari 2025. Iyafumaneka e https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/skywatching/the-next-full-moon-is-the-wolf-moon/
- UNESCO. Kumbh Mela – ULuhlu oluMele lweLifa leMveli leNkcubeko eNgaphathekiyo loLuntu. Ifumaneka e https://web.archive.org/web/20210507134101/https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/kumbh-mela-01258
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