[:ja]NASAの地球観測衛星Landsat 8が撮影した南太平洋の小国家ニウエです。ニウエは2020年に入ってすぐ、International Dark-Sky Associationによって、世界初の「Dark Sky Nation」に認定されました。
ニウエは、オセアニア東部、ニュージーランドの北東、トンガの東、サモアの南東にあるニウエ島を領土とし、人口は約1500人で、首都はアロフィです。国際連合は、ニウエを正式加盟国とはしていないものの、独立国家として一定の認知を与えており、1994年には国連事務局は、ニウエの完全な条約締結能力を認めています。主産業は農業（パッション・フルーツやライム・バナナ・コプラなど）ですが、農地不足・水不足に加えサイクロンの常襲地帯であり、農業に頼った経済発展は望めなく、また、自由連合の構成国であり、住民がニュージーランド国籍を有することから、島を脱出してニュージーランドへ移住する住民が増加しました。近年では、観光業に加えて、切手の販売やnuドメイン販売などでの外貨獲得を行っています。
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参考文献： Nice and Dark in Niue (NASA Earth Observatory)
地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders] No.1006: Niue🇳🇺
NASA’s Landsat 8 satellite captured Niue, an island country in the South Pacific Ocean. In early 2020, the International Dark-Sky Association formally recognized the nation of Niue as an international dark sky sanctuary).
Niue is 2,400km northeast of New Zealand, east of Tonga, south of Samoa, and west of the Cook Islands with only approx. 1,500 population and the capital of Alofi. Between 90% and 95% of Niuean people live in New Zealand,[9] along with about 70% of the speakers of the Niuean language. Niue is not a member of the United Nations (UN), but UN organisations have accepted its status as a freely-associated state as equivalent to independence for the purposes of international law. Besides small economy of agriculture and tourism, Niue obtains revenue from the registration of .nu domain names to fund low-cost or free Internet services for the people of the country.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Nice and Dark in Niue (NASA Earth Observatory)
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.1006: Niue🇳🇺
NASA’s Landsat 8 satellite captured Niue, an island country in the South Pacific Ocean. In early 2020, the International Dark-Sky Association formally recognized the nation of Niue as an international dark sky sanctuary).
Niue is 2,400km northeast of New Zealand, east of Tonga, south of Samoa, and west of the Cook Islands with only approx. 1,500 population and the capital of Alofi. Between 90% and 95% of Niuean people live in New Zealand,[9] along with about 70% of the speakers of the Niuean language. Niue is not a member of the United Nations (UN), but UN organisations have accepted its status as a freely-associated state as equivalent to independence for the purposes of international law. Besides small economy of agriculture and tourism, Niue obtains revenue from the registration of .nu domain names to fund low-cost or free Internet services for the people of the country.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Nice and Dark in Niue (NASA Earth Observatory)
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:]