[:ja]画面左に見えるのが、トーマス・ペスケット宇宙飛行士がISSから撮影した夜のシチリア🇮🇹です。イタリア本土と比べて、光が少ないですが、パレルモ、カターニアと、半島に近い北側に人間活動が集まっているのがわかります。

Credit: Thomas Pesquet, ESA

シチリアはイタリアの特別自治州の1つで、欧州最大(3,329m)の活火山エトナ火山を擁します。2000年以上前から穀物をはじめとする農作物の生産地で、なかでもオリーブとワインが特産品です。

地上の様子はこちらです。

Credit: Wikipedia

参考文献: Thomas Pesquet’s Tweet
ウェブ地球儀で地球俯瞰画像を見る: LiVEARTH

[Earthview Wonders] No.193: Sicily at Night🇮🇹

Astonaut Thomas Pesquet captured from ISS the night view of Sicily🇮🇹, at the left side of the image. Compared to Italian Peninsula, you see less lights but human activities can be recognized in light concentration of Palermo and Catania.

Credit: Thomas Pesquet, ESA

Sicily is an autonomous Region of Italy and its most prominent landmark is Mt. Etna, the highest (3,329m) active volcano in Europe. Since 2000 years ago Sicily has been the major agriculturral land and the main producer of olives and wine.

The local scenery looks like this.

Credit: Wikipedia

Reference: Thomas Pesquet’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.193: Sicily at Night🇮🇹

Astonaut Thomas Pesquet captured from ISS the night view of Sicily🇮🇹, at the left side of the image. Compared to Italian Peninsula, you see less lights but human activities can be recognized in light concentration of Palermo and Catania.

Credit: Thomas Pesquet, ESA

Sicily is an autonomous Region of Italy and its most prominent landmark is Mt. Etna, the highest (3,329m) active volcano in Europe. Since 2000 years ago Sicily has been the major agriculturral land and the main producer of olives and wine.

The local scenery looks like this.

Credit: Wikipedia

Reference: Thomas Pesquet’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:]