The image was taken during a total lunar eclipse when the normally bright full moon turned into a faint orb tinted orange by the intervening Earth's atmosphere.

这张图片是在月全食时拍摄的，当时本该明亮的满月由于地球大气层的干涉，变成了一个橙色的黯淡光球。

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It's a shiny steel orb the size of a basketball from which dozens of cords protrude.

那是一个象篮球大小、闪亮的金属圆球，从里面引出来数十根电线。

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Philip Ball gives a passionate defence of the importance of engineering and Oliver Morton, a colleague at the Economist, paints the planet as a dynamic orb.

Phhilip Ball激昂地辩护工程学的重要性；TE同仁Oliver Morton把地球描绘成动态的天体。

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Both were interested in the idea of making a textile piece from silk of the golden orb spider.

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It was heavy, but not too heavy, with a hand-carved handle and a crystal orb at the top.

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