The image presents an edge-on, or limb view, of the Earth’s atmosphere as seen from orbit.
这张照片是轨道侧面，或者说是边缘视角观测到的地球大气景观。
Seen edge-on, the island universe spans about 100, 000 light-years, similar in size to our own Milky Way.
这个侧边向着我们的岛宇宙直径约10万光年，与我们银河系大小相仿。
If the orbits of planets are not edge-on to observers on Earth, the technique underestimates the masses of the planets.
如果行星的轨道对于地球上的观测者来说并不是边缘向前的，这项技术会低估行星的质量。
About 44 million light years away sits NGC 5866, the Spindle Galaxy, seen here in an edge-on view that reveals its thinness.
大约在44百万光年之外是NGC 5866纺锤状星系，照片所显示的是其侧缘。
The edge-on galaxy near the top of the image is VV 340 North and the face-on galaxy at the bottom of the image is VV 340 South.
靠近图像顶部的侧向星系是北边星系W340，底部的正向星系为南边星系W340。
The disk of the Milky Way galaxy, seen edge-on from Earth's perspective, is the bright band running horizontally down the middle.
由于透视法的缘故，在地球上我们观察到的银河系圆盘的边缘是一道明亮光带，在这幅图像中这道光带从中部一直延伸到下方的地平线。
Seen nearly edge-on, NGC 253 is only 13 million light-years away, the largest member of the Sculptor Group of galaxies, neighbor to our own local galaxy group.
在靠近天穹边缘出现的NGC 253 距离我们只有 1300 万光年之遥，它是玉夫星系团的最大的成员，和我们所在的星系团相邻。
Sometimes, they happen to see the orbits of exoplanets edge-on. In those cases, the planet alternately shows more of its dayside and then more of its nightside as it circles its star.
有时，天文学家们碰巧从侧面观察到系外行星的轨道，在这种情况下，行星在围绕恒星旋转的时候就会交替地呈现出有时光面较多、有时暗面较多。
Meanwhile, its place is taken by hotter intergalactic gas from farther out on the edge of the galaxy, which cools as it is compressed and flows into the galaxy.
与此同时，它的位置被更热的星系间气体所取代，这些气体来自更远的星系边缘，在被压缩的过程中冷却并流入星系。
Standing on the edge of the slope, Heidi waved her hand, her eyes following Clara till she had disappeared.
海蒂站在斜坡边上，挥动着她的手，她的眼睛一直跟着克拉拉直到她消失。
Vernon and Ann Jordan had arranged for us to stay on the edge of the oyster pond in a cottage that belonged to Robert McNamara.
弗农和安·乔丹安排我们住在牡蛎池塘边上罗伯特·麦克纳马拉的一幢小别墅里。
After making a stop for a few hours at a British station on the edge of Antarctica, the two workers were flown to the southernmost Chilean city of Punta Arenas.
在南极洲边缘的一个英国站停留了几个小时后，这两名工人坐飞机到了智利最南端的城市，蓬塔阿雷纳斯。
She was an office manager whose company has just moved into the new office park on the edge of town.
她是一位办公室经理，她的公司刚搬到城边的新办公园区。
According to Bell, people who are fat on the inside are actually on the edge of being fat.
根据贝尔的说法，那些内在肥胖的人实际上处于发胖的边缘。
If individuals on the edge of a group are more vigilant because they are at greater risk of being captured, then individuals on average would have to be more vigilant in smaller groups.
如果处于群体边缘的个体由于被捕获的风险更大而变得更加警惕，那么个体通常在较小的群体中就必须更加警惕。
Wes hunched his shoulders and leaned forward on the edge of the counter.
韦斯耸起双肩，身子向前靠在柜台边。
She paused on the edge, trying to regain her balance.
她在边缘上暂停下来，努力恢复平衡。
The economy is balanced on a knife-edge.
经济形势尚不明朗。
The game is poised on a knife-edge. One mistake or one piece of good luck could decide it.
比赛形势扑朔迷离。一个失误或是一点运气就有可能决定胜负。
In 1953, one hundred people, living on the eastern edge of the London suburbs were killed, again, in the floods.
无独有偶，在1953年，住在伦敦东部郊区的100人也在洪水中丧生。
The trees on the wood-edge were a darkish, brownish green in the full light—for it was the end of August.
在充足的光线下，树林边缘的树木呈现出一种暗棕色的绿色——因为已经到八月底了。
I sat on the edge of the street and watched enviously the other boys play baseball.
我坐在街边，羡慕地看着其他男孩打棒球。
A few snow-flakes were falling, and one, the largest of all, remained lying on the edge of a flower-pot.
外面飘着几朵雪花，最大的一朵落在一个花盆的边上。
"It seems crazy to me," says Gumbley, who is English, "that a cutting-edge-technology country is depending on a 40-year-old technology."
“在我看来这很疯狂，”身为英国人的甘布利说，“一个技术领先的国家依赖于一项40年前的技术。”
A mug with something that looked like hot cocoa and steamed like hot cocoa sat on one edge of the tray.
托盘的一边摆放着一把杯子，里面盛着一些看起来像是热可可的东西，还像热可可那般冒着热气。
If he hit that dime only on the edge he would set down and cry--and curse.
如果他没有打中正中心，他就会坐下来哭泣——还有咒骂。
The people we see now have three or four part-time jobs and they're still right on the edge financially.
我们现在看到的这些人有三到四份兼职工作，但他们依然经济拮据。
Many tycoons live in the wealthy ghetto of Rublyovskoye Shosse, near Putin's dacha on the edge of Moscow.
许多大亨们都住在莫斯科郊区普京别墅附近的卢布廖夫富人区。
On the edge of the jacket, there is a piece of cloth that gives off light in the dark.
夹克边缘的一块布料可以在黑暗时发光。
On the edge of the jacket, there is a piece of cloth that gives off light in the dark.
夹克边缘的一块布料可以在黑暗时发光。
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