[:ja]ダグ・ハーレー宇宙飛行士がISS内で撮影した米国と米国旗です。
7月4日は米国の独立記念日でしたが、240年も前に、13植民地の代表がフィラデルフィアで独立宣言を発表しました。独立記念日（Independence Day）は、1776年にアメリカ独立宣言が公布されたことを記念して、毎年7月4日に定められているアメリカ合衆国の祝日です。「独立記念日（インディペンデンス・デイ）」の呼称が最も一般的であり、「7月4日」（”Fourth of July”）と言えば独立記念日を指します。最も米国らしい祝日と言われ、独立記念日の一週間はクリスマス、感謝祭と並び全米が祝日モードとなります。ただ、今年は新型コロナウィルス感染拡大防止や人種差別に絡む抗議デモの継続により、例年とは異なる様相を呈しています。
新型コロナウィルス感染拡大防止のため、入場禁止となったロサンゼルス、マンハッタンビーチの地上の様子はこちらです。
参考文献： Doug Hurley’s Tweet
地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders] No.1063: American Independence Day🇺🇸
Astronaut Doug Hurley captured in the ISS American flag with the country and Earth in the back.
Independence Day (colloquially the Fourth of July or July 4) is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the Declaration of Independence of the United States, on July 4, 1776. The Continental Congress declared that the 13 American colonies were no longer subject and subordinate to the monarch of Britain, King George III, and were now united, free, and independent states. However, the coronavirus pandemic and social justice protests around the country altered the look of this year’s Independence Day. While some beaches, like those in New York City, reopened before the holiday, others in hard hit areas, like in Miami and Los Angeles, temporarily closed for the weekend to curb the spread of coronavirus.
An aerial view of an empty beach in Manhattan Beach, California. Los Angeles County beaches were closed for the holiday in an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus.
Reference: Doug Hurley’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.1063: American Independence Day🇺🇸
Astronaut Doug Hurley captured in the ISS American flag with the country and Earth in the back.
Independence Day (colloquially the Fourth of July or July 4) is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the Declaration of Independence of the United States, on July 4, 1776. The Continental Congress declared that the 13 American colonies were no longer subject and subordinate to the monarch of Britain, King George III, and were now united, free, and independent states. However, the coronavirus pandemic and social justice protests around the country altered the look of this year’s Independence Day. While some beaches, like those in New York City, reopened before the holiday, others in hard hit areas, like in Miami and Los Angeles, temporarily closed for the weekend to curb the spread of coronavirus.
An aerial view of an empty beach in Manhattan Beach, California. Los Angeles County beaches were closed for the holiday in an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus.
Reference: Doug Hurley’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:]