Phakathi kuka-1861 no-1865, i-United States yayihileleke empini eyachitha igazi elabulala abantu abangaphezu kuka-600,000 XNUMX. Impi Yombango, njengoba ivame ukubizwa kanjalo, yaliwa ezindaweni eziningana: iNorthern Union ngokumelene neSouthern Confederacy. Nakuba impi yaphela ngokunqoba kweNyakatho nokugqilazwa kwaqedwa ezweni lonke, isengenye yezingxabano ezichitha igazi kakhulu emlandweni waseMelika.
Isici esibalulekile sale mpi esabekayo kwakukholelwa ukuthi izingelosi ziye zangenela izikhathi eziningana ukuze zisize noma zelaphe amasosha eNyunyana. Amasosha amaningi abike ukuthi abone amalambu amancane ebazungezile njengoba belele befa ngenxa yezilonda zabo noma ngaphambi kokuthi balimele. Lezi zenzakalo ezikhanyayo abanye bacabanga ukuthi ziyisibonelo sokungenela kwasezulwini ezindabeni zabantu.
“Ukukhanya Kwezingelosi” yigama elinikezwe isenzakalo esiyinqaba sasezulwini esenzeka eMpini YaseShilo, phakathi neMpi Yombango. Izinkulungwane zamasosha zabona ukukhanya okwakuphuma emanxebeni awo futhi kuwasiza ukuba aphole. Naphezu kokuxaka kwecala, kungaba khona incazelo.
I-Battle of Shiloh (1862), eyayichitha igazi elikhulu eMpini Yombango yaseMelika, yayiqukethe ukuhlaselwa okungalindelekile okwenziwa yi-Confederates ngokumelene ne-Union, ukubasunduza babuyele kude noMfula iTennessee. Kepha ukudideka kwamasosha kwaguqula leyo ndawo yaba ukubulawa okwaphela ngokunqoba kwamabutho eNyunyana, kanye nenani lokufa kwabantu baseDantesque: kwabulawa amasosha angaphezu kuka-3,000 16,000 kwathi abangaphezu kuka-XNUMX XNUMX balimala. Odokotela ezinhlangothini zombili bebengakwazi ukwelapha wonke umuntu, futhi okube kubi kakhulu wukuthi usizo luzothatha izinsuku ezimbili.
Futhi lapho, behleli odakeni, phakathi kobusuku obubandayo obubandayo futhi ngisho nasezimvini ngezikhathi ezithile, amanye amasosha aqaphela ukuthi amanxeba awo ayekhipha ukukhanya okuluhlaza okotshani okuluhlaza okotshani, into ababengakaze bayibone ngaphambili. Ngenkathi bekhishwa ekugcineni, labo ababebone izilonda zabo zikhazimula baba nezinga eliphakeme lokusinda, baphulukiswa ngokushesha, futhi amanxeba abo ashiya izibazi ezimbalwa. Ngokwalokho abakubiza ngokuthi “Ukukhanya Kwengelosi.”
Indaba ayizange ichazwe kuze kube ngu-2001, lapho umfundi oneminyaka engu-17 ubudala esikoleni esiphakeme, ogama lakhe linguBill Martin, nomngane wakhe oneminyaka engu-18 uJon Curtis benza ucwaningo lwephrojekthi yabo yesayensi futhi bahlongoza ukuthi ibhaktheriya ibizwe Ama-Photorhabdus luminescens kungaba nesibopho sokwenzeka kwe-Angel's Glow.
Lawa mabhaktheriya akhanyayo futhi ahlala kuphela ezindaweni ezibandayo nezinomswakama. Le mpi yalwelwa ekuqaleni kuka-Ephreli lapho amazinga okushisa ayephansi nezizathu zimanzi yimvula. Amasosha alimele ashiywa emvelweni futhi ahlushwa yi-hypothermia. Lokhu kuzohlinzeka ngemvelo ephelele ye- P. luminescens ukudlula nokubulala amagciwane ayingozi ngokugwema ukutheleleka okungenzeka kube khona. Futhi kamuva esibhedlela, ngaphansi kwezimo ezifudumele, la mabhaktheriya afa, ashiya inxeba lihlanzekile ngokuphelele.
Imvamisa ukutheleleka ngegciwane enxebeni elivulekile kungamemezela umphumela obulalayo. Kepha lesi bekuyisibonelo lapho ibhaktheriya elifanele ngesikhathi esifanele libe nendima enkulu ekusindiseni izimpilo. Ngakho-ke, amasosha eShilo bekufanele ngabe abonga abangane bawo bezinambuzane. Kodwa ngubani ngaleso sikhathi owayazi ukuthi izingelosi zazinosayizi omncane kakhulu? Ngokuqondene noMartin noCurtis, baqhubeke nokuwina indawo yokuqala emncintiswaneni wethimba e-Intel International Science and Engineering Fair ka-2001.
