[:ja]ルカ・パルミタノ宇宙飛行士がISSから撮影したタークス・カイコス諸島です。
タークス・カイコス諸島は、西インド諸島に属するタークス諸島とカイコス諸島からなる、イギリス領の海外領土です。1512年にファン・ポンセ・デ・レオンが発見した時には無人島でしたが、その後、1681年バミューダ諸島にいたイギリスの塩の採掘者が採掘の容易なグランドターク島に住み着いた事によって、イギリスの植民地化が進みました。経済は過去には主に漁業で塩の採掘、海綿、アサの輸出で栄えていましたが、現在は観光とオフショア金融で栄えています。
地上の様子はこちらです。
参考文献： Luca Parmitano’s Tweet
地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders] No.1146: Turks and Caicos Islands🇹🇨
Astronaut Luca Parmitano captured from ISS .
The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory consisting of the larger Caicos Islands and smaller Turks Islands, two groups of tropical islands in the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean and northern West Indies. The island was unmanned when Juan Ponce de León discovered, but in the subsequent centuries, Bermudian (British) salt collectors settled the Grand Turk Island and British colonization proceeded. The economy of Turks and Caicos is dominated by tourism, offshore finance and fishing.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Luca Parmitano’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.1146: Turks and Caicos Islands🇹🇨
Astronaut Luca Parmitano captured from ISS .
The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory consisting of the larger Caicos Islands and smaller Turks Islands, two groups of tropical islands in the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean and northern West Indies. The island was unmanned when Juan Ponce de León discovered, but in the subsequent centuries, Bermudian (British) salt collectors settled the Grand Turk Island and British colonization proceeded. The economy of Turks and Caicos is dominated by tourism, offshore finance and fishing.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Luca Parmitano’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:]