Esithombeni esimangalisayo esenziwe nguNasa, "Imifula Yegolide", egeleza ngePeru, kodwa yize isifinyezo sihlaba umxhwele ngobuhle bakhe, sisendabeni ecindezelayo kakhulu.
Ngokusho kwe-ejensi, umbukwane omangalisayo empeleni ungumfanekiso wokubhujiswa obangelwa ikakhulukazi ngemayini yegolide engekho emthethweni ezweni.
Uhlaka olwenziwe nge-astronaut kwi-Expedition 64 Usebenzisa ikhamera ye-Nikon D5 Digital Camera seyenzelwa izimo ezinhle ze-meteorological ngesikhathi sokudubula. Imvamisa, imigodi yegolide ayibonakali esiteshini samazwe omhlaba ngenxa yokuthola amafu aphezulu.
"Kulesi simo sezulu esimanzi kakhulu [esilahlwe ngabavukuzi], imigodi ibukeka njengamakhulu amachibi okubhukuda agcwele ukubhukuda. - Usho ummeleli we-NASA Observatory - ngamunye wabo uzungezwe izifunda noma izimila ngaphandle kwezimila. "
Le migodi itholakala esifundeni saseMadre de Dwos eningizimu yePeru, lapho umkhuhlane wegolide wanamuhla uholele khona ukusika okukhulu kwehlathi lemvula. Cishe cishe izinkulungwane ezingama-23 amahektare abhujiswa ngenxa yokuqothulwa kwamahlathi kumabhizinisi amamayini egolide ngonyaka we-2018.
I-NASA.Ingozi engaphansi imelela iMercury, esetshenziswe ngokugcwele embonini yezimayini. Ngokusho kwesayensi ebukhoma, umfula kanye nomkhathi ukhishelwa minyaka yonke kungamathani angama-55 - ukudalula ubungozi bokuthi banobuthi labo abadla izinhlanzi ezivela ezinhlanzini zamanzi ezingcolile.
Abavukuzi balandela imizila yemifula yakudala, lapho kudalulwa izinkulungwane zeminyaka izinkulungwane zeminyaka, ngakho-ke ezithombeni kubonakala sengathi sinemifudlana yegolide yamanje emahlathini ase-Amazonia. Futhi yize ukubukeka okuhle kakhulu kungavulwa kubo kusuka emkhathini, iqiniso lidabukile kakhulu.
"Imboni yezimayini iyimbangela eyinhloko yokusika amahlathi esifundeni, futhi kungaholela ekungcoleni [imvelo] I-Mercury ngenxa yenqubo yezimayini yegolide," kuphawula ummeleli we-NASA.
"Futhi nokho amashumi ezinkulungwane abantu azenza empilweni yezimayini zamaminerali ezingabhalisiwe."
NgokukaNasa, iPeru yi-Nest Freest Preeptor yegolide emhlabeni.