[:ja]シェーン・キンブロー宇宙飛行士がISSから撮影したボリビアのラグナ・コロラダです。

Credit: Shane Kimbrough, NASA

ラグナ・コロラダ(赤の湖)は、ボリビアのアルティプラーノ南西部にある浅い塩湖で、チリとの国境近くのエドゥアルド・アバロア国立自然保護区内にあります。湖には白色の硼砂の島があります。湖水の赤い色は藻類の赤い堆積物や色素によります。ラグナ・コロラダはラムサール条約登録湿地であり、コバシフラミンゴが生息しています。また、数は少ないがアンデスフラミンゴやチリーフラミンゴも見られます。

地上の様子はこちらです。

Credit: Wikipedia
Credit: Wikipedia

参考文献: Shane Kimbrough’s Tweet
地球俯瞰画像を見る: LiVEARTH

[Earthview Wonders] No.1555: Laguna Colorada🇧🇴

Astronaut Shane Kimbrough captured from ISS Laguna Colorada, Bolivia.

Credit: Shane Kimbrough, NASA

Laguna Colorada (Red Lagoon) is a shallow salt lake in the southwest of the altiplano of Bolivia, within Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve and close to the border with Chile. The lake contains borax islands, whose white color contrasts with the reddish color of its waters, which is caused by red sediments and pigmentation of some algae. Laguna Colorada is part of the Los Lípez Ramsar wetland, and it was listed as a “Ramsar Wetland of International Importance” in 1990. On, July 13, 2009, the site was expanded from 513.18 to 14,277.17 km2 (5,512.45 sq mi) to include the surrounding high Andean endorheic, hypersaline and brackish lakes and associated wetlands (known as bofedales).

The local scenery on the ground is as follows.

Credit: Wikipedia
Credit: Wikipedia

Reference: Shane Kimbrough’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:]