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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 has captured images of Maha Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest human gathering held in the city of Prayagraj in India. According to an estimate, over 600 million people participated in the 44-day festival that commenced on the day of the full Moon on 13 January 2025 and concluded on 26 February 2025 on the day of Maha Shivaratri.){kind=link}