[:ja]トマ・ペスケ宇宙飛行士がISSから撮影したインド洋、モルディブのディガルとレイマンドホーです。モルディブは低地の島嶼国のため、地球温暖化で大きな影響を受けている国の一つです。
スリランカ南西のインド洋に浮かぶ26の環礁や約1,200の島々から成り、高温多湿の熱帯気候の環境に約200の島に人が住みます。海抜の最高が2.4mという平坦な地形であり、近年の海面上昇と珊瑚礁の死滅により、国土が消滅する危険にさらされています。
地上の様子はこちらです。
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.239: Maldives🇲🇻
Astronaut Thomas Pesquet captured from ISS the Maldives of the Indian Ocean. For its low altitude Maldives is one of the countries that are immensely affected by global warming.
The Maldives consists of 1,192 coral islands grouped in a double chain of 26 atolls, along the north-south direction, spread over roughly 90,000km2, making this one of the world’s most dispersed countries. Maldives is the lowest country in the world, with maximum and average natural ground levels of only 2.4m above sea level.
The local scenery on the ground is follows.
Reference: Thomas Pesquet’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.239: Maldives🇲🇻
Astronaut Thomas Pesquet captured from ISS the Maldives of the Indian Ocean. For its low altitude Maldives is one of the countries that are immensely affected by global warming.
The Maldives consists of 1,192 coral islands grouped in a double chain of 26 atolls, along the north-south direction, spread over roughly 90,000km2, making this one of the world’s most dispersed countries. Maldives is the lowest country in the world, with maximum and average natural ground levels of only 2.4m above sea level.
The local scenery on the ground is follows.
Reference: Thomas Pesquet’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:]