[:ja]デービッド・サンジャック宇宙飛行士がISSから撮影したモロッコです。

Credit: David Saint-Jacques, CSA, NASA

モロッコの海岸のうち約3/4は北大西洋に面し、残りは地中海に沿っています。アトラス山脈は複数の山脈が平行に走る褶曲山脈で、チュニジア北部からアルジェリア北部を通過し、ほぼモロッコの南西端まで2000km以上にわたって延びます。また、アトラス山脈の平均標高は3000mを超えます。大西洋沿岸、地中海岸と内陸部のオアシスを除き、植生はほとんど見られません。人口300万を超えるカサブランカ、同100万のタンジェ、首都のラバトなどは海岸沿いに集中していますが、人口約100万のマラケシュ、フェスなど内陸の大都市もあります。

大都市カサブランカの街並みとハッサン2世モスクの様子はこちらです。

Credit: Wikipedia

参考文献: David Saint-Jacques’s Tweet
地球俯瞰画像を見る: LiVEARTH

[Earthview Wonders] No.1059: Morocco🇲🇦

Astronaut David Saint-Jacques captured from ISS Morocco.

Credit: David Saint-Jacques, CSA, NASA

Morocco has a coast by the Atlantic Ocean that reaches past the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea. The geography of Morocco spans from the Atlantic Ocean, to mountainous areas, to the Sahara desert. Most of the southeast portion of the country is in the Sahara Desert and as such is generally sparsely populated and unproductive economically.

The local scenery on the ground of Hassan II Mosque is as follows.

Credit: Wikipedia

Reference: David Saint-Jacques’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:en]Astronaut David Saint-Jacques captured from ISS Morocco.

Credit: David Saint-Jacques, CSA, NASA

Morocco has a coast by the Atlantic Ocean that reaches past the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea. The geography of Morocco spans from the Atlantic Ocean, to mountainous areas, to the Sahara desert. Most of the southeast portion of the country is in the Sahara Desert and as such is generally sparsely populated and unproductive economically.

The local scenery on the ground of Hassan II Mosque is as follows.

Credit: Wikipedia

Reference: David Saint-Jacques’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:]