Zilumba za Pitcairn: Malo Oyera Opita Kumlengalenga ku Pacific ndi paradaiso wa alendo okaona zakuthambo

Milky Way yomwe imawonedwa kuchokera ku Pitcairn ndiyabwino kamodzi kwa alendo ochepa omwe amadzitcha kuti Astro Tourists. Thambo ndilopanda malire usiku kuzilumba zakutali za Pitcairn. Zilumba za Pacific izi zikudziyikiranso pawokha padziko lapansi pamene zikupita kukakhala 'Mdima Wakumwamba Woyera'. Pakadali pano, pali malo atatu okha padziko lapansi omwe amadziwika kuti 'Mdima Wamdima' - dzina lomwe limatanthauza chilichonse padziko lapansi cha Astro Tourism.

Zilumba za Pitcairn, zomwe zili Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie ndi Oeno Islands, ndi gulu lazilumba zinayi zophulika kum'mwera kwa Pacific Ocean zomwe zimapanga gawo lomaliza la Britain Overseas Territory ku South Pacific.

Zilumba zinayi - Pitcairn yoyenera, Henderson, Ducie, ndi Oeno - zabalalika pamtunda wamakilomita mazana angapo ndipo zili ndi malo ophatikizana pafupifupi ma kilomita 47 (18 sq mi). Henderson Island amawerengera 86% yamalo, koma chilumba cha Pitcairn ndicho chimakhala.

Pitcairn ndiye ulamuliro wochepa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Anthu okhala kuzilumba za Pitcairn ndi amitundu yosiyana-siyana omwe adachokera makamaka asanu ndi anayi ubwino osintha mitima ndi ochepa a ku Tahiti omwe adatsagana nawo, chochitika chomwe chidafotokozedwanso m'mabuku ndi makanema ambiri. Mbiriyi ikuwonekerabe m'mazina a ambiri a pachilumbachi. Masiku ano kuli anthu pafupifupi 50 okhazikika, ochokera m'mabanja anayi akuluakulu.

Kuchokera pamisonkhano yathunthu ya kadamsana kupita kumisonkhano yakujambula yakuwala yaku Northern Lights, padziko lonse lapansi Astro Tourism ndi bizinesi yomwe ikukula mwachangu. M'zaka zaposachedwa, Astro Tourism idalengezedwa ngati mtsogoleri wa mafakitale pakati paomwe akuyenda bwino komanso makampani oyenda mofananamo. Pazifukwa izi ndi zina, Pitcairn ikuchulukirachulukira pa Tourism ya Astro poyesa kukhala 'Mdima Woyera Malo Opatulika' mu 2018.

Kugwiritsa ntchito kwa Pitcairn kudzakhala kotsimikizika kwambiri ndipo aka si koyamba kuti zisumbazi zifunse za chisamaliro. Mu 2015, United Kingdom idatcha madzi ozungulira zilumba za Pitcairn ngati nyanja yayikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi yotetezedwa. Lero likadali gawo lachitatu lachitetezo cham'madzi padziko lonse lapansi. Kudzipereka kwa Pitcairn posamalira zachilengedwe kudzatsimikizira kuti chuma chake chachilengedwe sichikhala chododometsa m'mibadwo ikubwerayi. Zopezeka zoposa 3kms kuchokera kwa oyandikana nawo oyandikana nawo kwambiri, mkati mwa South Pacific, zilumba za Pitcairn zili pakati pa nyanja zoyera kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Kuphatikiza apo, ndi anthu 500 okha, komanso malo ophulika omwe amapatsa ziwonetsero zosiyanasiyana, Pitcairn imayikidwa kuti ikwaniritse zosowa za Astro Tourism.

Monga gawo lake loyamba kudziko la Astro Tourism, Pitcairn yapempha Pulofesa wa Emeritus of Astronomy ku Yunivesite ya Canterbury, a John Hearnshaw, kuti apite kuzilumbazi mu february 2018. Udindo wake ndikuti awone kuyenera kwa chilumbachi ku Astro Tourism monga ikukhudzana ndi kuphunzitsidwa kwa maulangizi akumlengalenga usiku, kusaka malo, ndi ma metering opepuka. Mitu yophunzitsira ndi maupangiri aku Pitcairn omwe akutukuka a Astro aphatikizira zambiri zam'mapulaneti, nyenyezi, ma nebula ndi milalang'amba, kutha kwa mwezi ndi dzuwa, kusunga nthawi mu zakuthambo, mabowo akuda, masamu, ndi cosmology.

Ndi malo omwe amadziwika ndi kuphunzitsidwa kwa owongolera am'deralo kuyambira mu February 2018, gawo lotsatira la Pitcairn likhala kutsatira dzina lake la 'Dark Sky Sanctuary'. Ngati apatsidwa ulemu waukuluwu, Pitcairn adzagwirizana ndi malo atatu okha opezekapo padziko lapansi kuphatikiza madera akutali a Chile, New Zealand, ndi New Mexico.

Polengeza izi, Woyang'anira Maulendo ku Pitcairn, a Heather Menzies adati, "Pitcairn ili ndi ma skyscapes odabwitsa odabwitsa. Pogwirizana ndi kudzipereka kwathu kuteteza chilengedwe chathu, tikufuna kuthana ndi zochitika zapadziko lonse lapansi zowonera usiku ku Pitcairn. Pokhala chilumba choyera komanso chakutali, bwalo lamasewera lathu lachilengedwe likhala malo abwino kwa alendo olimba mtima a Astro. ”

Ili pakati pa New Zealand ndi Peru, Pitcairn wakhala kwawo kwa obadwa ku HMAV Bounty omwe asintha moyo wawo kuyambira 1790 ndipo amakhalabe amodzi mwamalo akutali kwambiri osadziwika padziko lapansi. Mwayi watsopanowu upatsa alendo chifukwa china chomveka chokayendera malo ochititsa chidwi komanso akutali awa.

Kufikira Pitcairn kumachitika kudzera pakatumizi kamodzi pachaka komwe kumapereka maulendo 12 pachaka pakati pa Mangareva ku French Polynesia ndi Pitcairn Island.