[: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のケベック州とハドソン湾です。6月下旬に撮影されたこの画像からもわかりますが、州北部のラブラドール半島はヌナビクと呼ばれ、タイガ、ツンドラ、湖、川が広がっています。
カナダ東部のケベック州は日本列島の約4倍のを面積を持ち、カナダ国内では唯一フランス語のみを公用語に定めている州です。ケベック州の人口の約半分がモントリオール大都市圏に集中しています。現在、ケベック州の経済はモントリオールを中心にハイテク産業が盛んです。航空宇宙産業のボンバルディア、通信事業者のベル・カナダはその代表格である。また、近年は、政府による積極的な人材育成と企業誘致により、北米におけるソフトウェア情報産業の一大中心地となっています。それ以外では、セントローレンス川沿いが肥沃な農地となっており、酪農、果実、野菜、フォアグラ、メープルシロップの生産が盛んです。特にメープルシロップは世界における生産量の75%を占めている一大産業です。
北部ヌナビクの地上の様子はこちらです。
参考文献： David Saint-Jacques’ Tweet
地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders] No.1065: Quebec, Canada🇨🇦
Astronaut David Saint-Jacques captured from ISS Nunavik, Quebec, and Hudson Bay, Canada. As can be seen from this image taken in June, Nunavik area is covered with mostly tundra and taiga in the sub-Arctic climate.
With its unique historical back ground, Quebec is the only province to have a predominantly French-speaking population, with French as the sole provincial official language. Approximately half of Quebec residents live in the Greater Montreal Area, including the Island of Montreal. While the province’s substantial natural resources have long been the mainstay of its economy, sectors of the knowledge economy such as aerospace, information and communication technologies, biotechnology, and the pharmaceutical industry also play leading roles. These many industries have all contributed to helping Quebec become an economically influential province within Canada, second only to Ontario in economic output.
The typical scenery on the ground of Nunavik area is as follows.
Reference: David Saint-Jacques’ Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.1065: Quebec, Canada🇨🇦
Astronaut David Saint-Jacques captured from ISS Nunavik, Quebec, and Hudson Bay, Canada. As can be seen from this image taken in June, Nunavik area is covered with mostly tundra and taiga in the sub-Arctic climate.
With its unique historical back ground, Quebec is the only province to have a predominantly French-speaking population, with French as the sole provincial official language. Approximately half of Quebec residents live in the Greater Montreal Area, including the Island of Montreal. While the province’s substantial natural resources have long been the mainstay of its economy, sectors of the knowledge economy such as aerospace, information and communication technologies, biotechnology, and the pharmaceutical industry also play leading roles. These many industries have all contributed to helping Quebec become an economically influential province within Canada, second only to Ontario in economic output.
The typical scenery on the ground of Nunavik area is as follows.
Reference: David Saint-Jacques’ Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:]