[:ja]デービッド・サンジャック宇宙飛行士がISSから撮影したカナダ、ニューファンドランド・ラブラドール州のトーンガットマウンテン国立公園付近です。この画像は昨年6月に撮影されましたが、6月でも雪が多く残っています。
トーンガット山脈の最高地点はカウブヴィック山（Mount Caubvik）で、標高1,652mと高くありません。トナカイがトーンガット山脈を移動しながら生息しており、カナダの北極圏に見られる多くの種の植物がこの山脈でも生えています。また、トーンガット山脈は北極樹木限界より北に当たるため、木は生えておらず、州境のケベック側には永久凍土が続き、ラブラドール側には途切れ途切れに広範囲に永久凍土が広がっています。トーンガット山脈を形成する岩石は地球上でも最も古く、その起源は39億年以上前に遡ります。
地上の様子はこちらです。
参考文献： David Saint-Jacques’s Tweet
地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders] No.1042: Torngat Mountains, Canada🇨🇦
Astronaut David Saint-Jacques captured from ISS Torngat Mountains, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. This photo was taken in June 2019 and the area was still covered with snow in June.
The highest point of the Torngat Mountains is Mount Caubvick or Mont D’Iberville at 1,652m. There are no trees in the Torngat Mountains as the mountains lie in an arctic tundra climate and are above the tree line. Permafrost is continuous on the Quebec side of the border, and it is extensive but discontinuous on the eastern Atlantic side. The subarctic Torngat Mountains are the Inuit homeland, a treasure trove of the powerful stories, spirits and traditions of centuries of travellers.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: David Saint-Jacques’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.1042: Torngat Mountains, Canada🇨🇦
Astronaut David Saint-Jacques captured from ISS Torngat Mountains, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. This photo was taken in June 2019 and the area was still covered with snow in June.
The highest point of the Torngat Mountains is Mount Caubvick or Mont D’Iberville at 1,652m. There are no trees in the Torngat Mountains as the mountains lie in an arctic tundra climate and are above the tree line. Permafrost is continuous on the Quebec side of the border, and it is extensive but discontinuous on the eastern Atlantic side. The subarctic Torngat Mountains are the Inuit homeland, a treasure trove of the powerful stories, spirits and traditions of centuries of travellers.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: David Saint-Jacques’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:]