Hoto: Celestial Insect Titan a cikin babban kogon karkashin kasa

Lamarin ya bayyana a cikin wani babban kogo na karkashin kasa da ba zai yuwu ba, duniyar karkashin kasa mai girman gaske da alama ba ta kasa ko lokaci aka sassaka ta ba, amma da girman alloli da aka manta. Duhun ɗakin ɗakin yana komawa baya ƙarewa zuwa ko'ina, ma'auninsa na tsaye yana ƙarfafa ta da ƙarancin haske na tunanin ma'adinan nesa kusa da bangon kogon. Kurar sararin samaniya tana rataye a cikin iska kamar taurarin taurari masu yawo, suna sheki a hankali a sararin samaniya mai kama da sararin sama. A tsakiyar kogon akwai wani tafki mai kama da madubi wanda ke mikewa daga bangon inuwa zuwa wancan, samansa yana da gilashi ba tare da damuwa ba sai dai a hankali da ke fitowa daga kasantuwar wani babban abu a sama.

Kan wannan madogara mara iyaka, wani mayaƙi shi kaɗai ya tsaya a bakin ruwan-karami, duhu, kuma a fayyace sosai da ƙarancin haske da ke haskaka tafkin. Sanye da kayan sulke da riguna masu kama da katana, jarumin silhouette ne kawai idan aka kwatanta da titan na sama da ke sama da shi. Matsayinsa ya tsaya tsayin daka, kusan girmamawa, kamar dai ya fahimci ma'aunin abin da ke shawagi a gabansa amma ya ƙi yarda.

An dakatar da shi a cikin sararin sararin samaniyar kogon shine ƙaƙƙarfan halitta mai kama da ƙwari—haɗin da bai yi kama da wani abu mai rai ba kuma ya fi kama da nau'in sararin samaniya. Jikinta yana da tsayi, kyakkyawa, kuma mai haske, yana matsewa zuwa gaɓoɓi masu yawa da gaɓoɓin ƙwayoyin kwari waɗanda ke gangarowa ƙasa kamar ribbon tauraro. Fuka-fukan halittun—fadi, masu rufaffiyar jijiya, da siffa kamar na ƙaton asu ko macijin sama—suna miƙewa waje da takaitacciyar ma'auni, samansu cike da ɗimbin ɗigo masu kyalli masu kama da taurari. Ta cikin siraren membrane na kowane reshe, hasken tauraro yana haskakawa da ɗigo, yana ba da ra'ayi cewa titan ya ƙunshi sararin sama da kanta.

Jigon halittar yana walƙiya da kyar daga ciki, yana haskakawa ta hanyar murɗaɗɗen kogi waɗanda suke kama da ƙananan taurari waɗanda aka rataye a cikin motsin ruwa ƙarƙashin samanta. Waɗannan filaye masu haske suna bugun bugun jini a hankali, kowannensu yana kewayawa ko yawo a cikin jikin titan mai ɗaukar nauyi, kamar dai halittar tana aiki a matsayin jirgin ruwa ga sojojin sararin samaniya waɗanda suka girmi kogon, wanda ya girmi duniya kanta.

Amma abin da ya fi daukar hankali shi ne kan sa: daidaitaccen kwanyar mutum wanda aka yi masa rawani da manyan ƙahoni biyu masu lanƙwasa waɗanda suke sama da siffa mai kama da tsohon hoton aljanu. Kwanyar tana haskaka haske mai launin zinari, ƙwanƙolin idanunsa maras kyau suna walƙiya a suma kamar wasu masu hankali da ba a gani ba ta cikin su. Duk da kasancewarsa kwarangwal, bizar tana ɗauke da ma'anar furuci mai ban tsoro-wani nutsuwar duniyar da ke gauraye da wata barazana.

Titan yana shawagi sama da tafkin, fuka-fukansa suna dukan da wayo har suna tayar da girgizar ƙasa mafi ƙaranci a cikin iskan kogon. Girman girmansa yana dwarf mayaƙin da ke ƙasa; ƙananan gaɓoɓinta shi kaɗai ya rataya ƙafafu da dama a saman kansa. Amma duk da haka abubuwan da ke faruwa suna nuna adawa da kaddara ta kayyade: baƙon mutum na tsaye a gaban mahalli, kowanne yana yarda da kasancewar ɗayan a cikin ma'auni da iko marar iyaka.

Duk abin da ke cikin hoton—daga girman kogon zuwa ga hasken sama na halitta—yana ƙarfafa jigo ɗaya: taron na ƙarshe da mara iyaka. Jarumin karami ne, amma ba ya jurewa. Titan yana da faɗi sosai, amma yana kallo. Kuma kogon da kansa ya zama shaida na shiru ga wani ɗan lokaci da aka dakatar tsakanin rashin muhimmanci da kuma dawwama.

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