[:ja]人工衛星分野大手のMaxar社が撮影した、インド洋モーリシャス沖の重油の漏出の様子です。
モーリシャス沖で、海運大手の商船三井が運航する大型貨物船が座礁し、燃料の重油が大量に漏れ出して環境への影響が懸念されています。モーリシャス政府は2020年8月7日に「環境非常事態宣言」を発令し、近隣のレユニオン島を領有するフランス政府に重油回収などで協力を要請しました。商船三井は、岡山県の長鋪汽船所有の貨物船が7月25日夜に座礁し、1180トンのの重油が入った燃料タンクに亀裂が入り、8月6日に重油漏れが始まったと伝えています。
地上の様子はこちらです。
参考文献： Mauritius declares emergency over oil spill from grounded ship (Aljazeera)
地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders] No.1088: Oil Spillage of Mauritius🇲🇺
Satellite imagery company Maxar captured the oil spillage off the coast of Mauritius.
Mauritius in the Indian Ocean is on the brink of an environmental catastrophe after a bulk carrier struck a coral reef off its coast in late July, an accident that has led to a large oil spill visible from space. The Japanese-owned MV Wakashio, hit a coral reef off Mauritius’ southeast coast, near Pointe d’Esny, on July 25. In the weeks since, a crack has appeared on its hull and its low-sulfur fuel oil started to spill out. Anxious residents of the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius have stuffed fabric sacks with sugar cane leaves to create makeshift oil spill barriers as tonnes of fuel leaking from a grounded ship put endangered wildlife in further peril. The Mauritius government on Aug. 8 declared an environmental emergency as satellite images showed a dark slick spreading in the turquoise waters near wetlands that the government called “very sensitive”.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Mauritius declares emergency over oil spill from grounded ship (Aljazeera)
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.1088: Oil Spillage of Mauritius🇲🇺
Satellite imagery company Maxar captured the oil spillage off the coast of Mauritius.
Mauritius in the Indian Ocean is on the brink of an environmental catastrophe after a bulk carrier struck a coral reef off its coast in late July, an accident that has led to a large oil spill visible from space. The Japanese-owned MV Wakashio, hit a coral reef off Mauritius’ southeast coast, near Pointe d’Esny, on July 25. In the weeks since, a crack has appeared on its hull and its low-sulfur fuel oil started to spill out. Anxious residents of the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius have stuffed fabric sacks with sugar cane leaves to create makeshift oil spill barriers as tonnes of fuel leaking from a grounded ship put endangered wildlife in further peril. The Mauritius government on Aug. 8 declared an environmental emergency as satellite images showed a dark slick spreading in the turquoise waters near wetlands that the government called “very sensitive”.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Mauritius declares emergency over oil spill from grounded ship (Aljazeera)
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:]