[:ja]トーマス・ペスケット宇宙飛行士がISS から撮影したオーストラリア🇦🇺のタスマニア島です。

Credit: Thomas Pesquet, ESA, NASA

タスマニアはオーストラリア大陸南東部からバス海峡によって240km隔てられていますが、1万年前の最終氷期には繋がっていました。また、何百万年も昔には南極大陸とつながっていたことを示しており、古代のドロライト岩石(dolorite)の景観が見られる、世界でも数少ない場所の一つです。

また、世界最大の肉食有袋類であるタスマニア・デビルも生息しています。

地上の様子はこちらです。

Credit: official Australian tourism

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.199: Tasmania🇦🇺

Astronaut Thomas Pesquet captured from ISS Tasmania of Australia🇦🇺.

Tasmania is 240km to the south of Australia, separated by Bass Strait, but was bridged in the last Ice Age 10,000 years ago. Tasmania’s dolorite rock formation is thought as the evidence of its linkage to Antarctica several million years ago.

Also, the Tasmanian devil, the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world, exit in Tasmania.

The local scenery on the ground is as follows.

Credit: official Australian tourism

Reference: Thomas Pesquet’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.199: Tasmania🇦🇺

Astronaut Thomas Pesquet captured from ISS Tasmania of Australia🇦🇺.

Tasmania is 240km to the south of Australia, separated by Bass Strait, but was bridged in the last Ice Age 10,000 years ago. Tasmania’s dolorite rock formation is thought as the evidence of its linkage to Antarctica several million years ago.

Also, the Tasmanian devil, the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world, exit in Tasmania.

The local scenery on the ground is as follows.

Credit: official Australian tourism

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