أَنَسٌ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ

فِي صَحْرَاءِ السُّعُودِيَّةِ، السَّمَاءُ وَاسِعَةٌ وَجَمِيلَةٌ فِي اللَّيْلِ. قَبْلَ آلَافِ السِّنِينَ، عَرَفَ الْعَرَبُ الطَّرِيقَ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ بِالنُّجُومِ. وَالْيَوْمَ يَعْرِفُ النَّاسُ الطَّرِيقَ بِالتَّطْبِيقَاتِ. لَكِنَّ نَاسًا كَثِيرِينَ مَا زَالُوا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ. أَنَس الْمَاجِد مُصَوِّرٌ مِنَ الرِّيَاضِ. قَبْلَ سَبْعِ سَنَوَاتٍ، اشْتَرَى أَوَّلَ تِلِسْكُوبٍ. بِالتِّلِسْكُوبِ رَأَى جِبَالَ الْقَمَرِ. وَرَأَى كَوْكَبَيْنِ كَبِيرَيْنِ: الْمُشْتَرِيَ وَزُحَلَ. ثُمَّ اشْتَرَى تِلِسْكُوبًا أَكْبَرَ. يَقُولُ أَنَسٌ: رَأَيْتُ حَلَقَاتِ زُحَلَ بِوُضُوحٍ، وَكُنْتُ مُنْدَهِشًا جِدًّا. التَّصْوِيرُ هُوَ حُبُّ أَنَسٍ الْأَوَّلُ. فَاشْتَرَى كَامِيرَا جَدِيدَةً لِتَصْوِيرِ السَّمَاءِ. وَصَوَّرَ بِهَا أَشْيَاءَ بَعِيدَةً جِدًّا فِي السَّمَاءِ. وَتَصْوِيرُ السَّمَاءِ هِوَايَةٌ غَالِيَةٌ. يَقُولُ: هَذِهِ الْهِوَايَةُ تَحْتَاجُ إِلَى وَقْتٍ وَتَدْرِيبٍ وَصَبْرٍ. وَهُوَ يَخْرُجُ مِنَ الرِّيَاضِ لِيَبْحَثَ عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ جَدِيدَةٍ. فِي الْمُدُنِ الْكَبِيرَةِ، النُّجُومُ قَلِيلَةٌ فِي السَّمَاءِ. وَالسَّبَبُ هُوَ أَضْوَاءُ الْمَدِينَةِ. لِذَلِكَ يُسَافِرُ الْمُصَوِّرُونَ سَاعَاتٍ بِالسَّيَّارَةِ. وَتُسَاعِدُهُمُ التَّطْبِيقَاتُ عَلَى إِيجَادِ مَكَانٍ مُنَاسِبٍ. وَهُدَى مُصَوِّرَةٌ مِنْ جُدَّةَ. فِي أَبْرِيلَ ٢٠١٩، خَيَّمَتْ قُرْبَ فُوَّهَةِ الْوَعْبَةِ. وَالْفُوَّهَةُ بَعِيدَةٌ عَنِ الطَّائِفِ مِئَتَيْنِ وَخَمْسِينَ كِيلُومِتْرًا. وَفِي السَّاعَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ لَيْلًا، رَأَتْ دَرْبَ التَّبَّانَةِ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ. وَصَوَّرَتْهُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ سَاعَةٍ. تَقُولُ هُدَى: كَانَ الْمَنْظَرُ رَائِعًا، وَأُرِيدُ أَنْ أَرَاهُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى.

In the desert of Saudi Arabia, the sky is wide and beautiful at night. Thousands of years ago, the Arabs found their way in the desert by the stars. And today people find their way with apps. But many people still look at the sky. Anas Al-Majed is a photographer from Riyadh. Seven years ago, he bought his first telescope. With the telescope he saw the moon’s mountains. And he saw two big planets: Jupiter and Saturn. Then he bought a bigger telescope. Anas says: I saw Saturn’s rings clearly, and I was really amazed. Photography is Anas’s first love. So he bought a new camera for photographing the sky. And with it he photographed things very far away in the sky. And photographing the sky is an expensive hobby. He says: this hobby needs time, practice and patience. And he goes out of Riyadh to look for new things. In big cities, there are few stars in the sky. And the reason is the city lights. So photographers travel for hours by car. And apps help them find a good place. And Huda is