Ua kiʻi ʻia nā kiʻi o ka Copernicus Sentinel-2 o ka European Space Agency (ESA). Maha Kumbh Mela, ka hui kanaka nui loa o ka honua i mālama ʻia ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Prayagraj ma India. Wahi a kahi kuhi, ʻoi aku ma mua o 600 miliona mau kānaka i komo i ka ʻahaʻaina 44-lā i hoʻomaka i ka lā o ka mahina piha ma 13 Ianuali 2025 a hoʻopau i ka 26 Pepeluali 2025 i ka lā o Maha Shivaratri.
ʻO ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana o nā kiʻi o ka wahi ma ka hui ʻana o ka muliwai ʻo Yamuna me nā Ganges kokoke i Prayagraj, i lawe ʻia i hoʻokahi mahina ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka ʻahaʻaina ma 13 Dekemaba 2024 a ma 27 Ianuali 2025 i ka wā o ka ʻahaʻaina, e hōʻike ana i ka nui o nā hale i kūkulu ʻia no ka hanana.
Loaʻa ka ʻikepili Copernicus Sentinel i hoʻololi ʻia (2024), hoʻoponopono ʻia e ESA)
Ma luna o 40 square km wahi ma nā kapa o nā Ganges i hoʻololi ʻia i kūlanakauhale pōkole me ka hale, ka uila, ka wai inu a me nā wahi kaʻa. Aia ke kūlanakauhale hale lole ma kahi o 150 000 halepaku a me 11 mau halemai.
0n 27 Ianuali 2025, Don Pettit, ka NASA astronaut ma luna o Internatinal Space Station (ISS) i hōʻike i nā kiʻi o Maha Kumbh Mela 2025 e ʻike ʻia ana mai ka lewa.
2025 ʻO Maha Kumbh Mela Ganges ka huakaʻi hele mai ka ISS i ka pō. ʻO ka ʻaha kanaka nui loa o ka honua ua mālamalama maikaʻi. pic.twitter.com/l9YD6o0Llo
— Don Pettit (@astro_Pettit) Ianuari 26, 2025
Hoʻokomo ʻia nā ʻahaʻaina Kumbh Mela i nā miliona o ka poʻe haipule no nā hoʻomana India. ʻO nā kūlanakauhale laʻa o Prayagraj, Haridwar, Ujjain a me Nasik e huli i kēlā me kēia ʻehā makahiki ma ka hoʻololi ʻana e hoʻokipa i ka ʻahaʻaina, kahi e ʻākoakoa ai nā malihini no ka ʻauʻau hoʻomana. ʻO kēia ʻahaʻaina makahiki ma Prayagraj he Maha (Great) Kumbh Mela, e kū wale ana i kēlā me kēia 144 makahiki.
E mālama ʻia ka Kumbh Mela ma Nashik mai 17 Iulai 2027 a 17 ʻAukake 2027 ma nā kapa kapu o ka muliwai Godavari.
Ua kākau ʻia ʻo Kumbh Mela ʻO UNESCOʻO ka Papa inoa Lunamakaʻāinana o ka Hoʻoilina Moʻomeheu Intangible o Kanaka ma 2017.
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E hoʻomaopopo ':
- ESA. Honua mai Space: ʻahaʻaina Maha Kumbh Mela, India. Hoʻopuka ʻia 28 Pepeluali 2025. Loaʻa ma https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/02/Earth_from_Space_Maha_Kumbh_Mela_festival_India
- NASA. ʻO ka mahina piha e hiki mai ana ʻo ia ka Moon Wolf. Hoʻopuka ʻia 6 Ianuali 2025. Loaʻa ma https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/skywatching/the-next-full-moon-is-the-wolf-moon/
- UNESCO. Kumbh Mela - Papa inoa Lunamakaainana o ka Hoʻoilina Moʻomeheu Intangible of Humanity. Loaʻa ma https://web.archive.org/web/20210507134101/https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/kumbh-mela-01258
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