風云四號
Fengyun-4A satellite
9月25日至9月28日期間,用戶在微信啟動時看到的畫面跟之前有所不同。新的啟動頁面展示的是由我國新一代靜止軌道氣象衛星“風云四號A”從太空拍攝的高清東半球云圖,這也是6年來微信啟動頁面首次發生變化。
Fengyun-4A satellite, the first of China's second-generation geostationary orbiting weather satellites, was put into operation Monday, said the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence.
國防科工局宣布,風云四號A星衛星于9月25日投入使用。風云四號A星是我國第二代靜止軌道氣象衛星的首發星。
WeChat, the most popular instant messaging application in China, replaced its composite logon picture, which uses an image of Earth taken in 1972 by the crew of NASA's Apollo 17 spacecraft, with an image recently taken by the Fengyun 4A satellite until Thursday.
9月25日至28日,微信將啟動頁面的圖片由1972年美國宇航局阿波羅17號飛船船員拍攝的地球圖片換成由風云四號A星近期拍攝的圖片。
此前微信啟動頁中使用的地球圖片,來自美國國家航空和宇宙航行局(NASA)于1972年拍攝的一張著名的地球照片,名為“藍色彈珠”(Blue Marble)。
The Blue Marble is an image of the Earth made on December 7, 1972, by the crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft at a distance of about 29,000 kilometers from the surface. It is one of the most reproduced images in human history.
“藍色彈珠”是1972年12月7日由阿波羅17號宇航員在距離地球表面2.9萬千米處拍攝的地球圖,這是人類歷史中反復使用最多次的圖片之一。
最初為什么選用NASA這張以非洲為中心的圖呢?微信團隊說:
“The African continent is the origin of human civilization. Only with the emergence of humankind does the ability to communicate exist and have meaning."
“非洲大陸是人類文明的起源地,因為人類的出現,才有了溝通的存在和意義?!?/p>
對于這次新圖換舊圖,微信團隊表示:
“The FY-4A’s photo is meant along the same vein, to evoke the history of the development of Chinese civilization since humanity’s origins by showcasing China’s natural scenery to our hundreds of millions of users.”
“而此次展示‘風云四號’拍攝畫面,也是寓意從‘人類起源’到‘華夏文明’的歷史發展,旨在向億萬微信用戶展示華夏大地的河山風貌?!?/p>
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