[:ja]セルゲイ・リャザンスキー宇宙飛行士がISSから撮影した南極の南極半島です。
南極半島は、南極大陸西部にある、南極海に向かって南緯75度から南緯63度まで伸びるS字状の細く長大な半島です。この半島は、1820年代に人類が最初に到達した南極大陸の一角で、南極の中では気候が最も温和なので、この半島や周辺の島には多くの観測基地があります。ちなみに、南極大陸は万年雪で覆われており、宇宙からの隕石が保存されるのに好都合な環境です。
地上の様子はこちらです。
参考文献： Sergey Ryazansky’s Tweet
ウェブ地球儀で地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders] No.485: Antarctica🇦🇶
Astronaut Sergey Ryazansky captured from ISS Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.
Byers Peninsula is a mainly ice-free peninsula forming the west end of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It occupies 60km2 and includes the small freshwater Basalt Lake. As Sergey comments, Antarctica is the best place to search for meteorites because of the ice cover of the continent.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Sergey Ryazansky’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.485: Antarctica🇦🇶
Astronaut Sergey Ryazansky captured from ISS Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.
Byers Peninsula is a mainly ice-free peninsula forming the west end of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It occupies 60km2 and includes the small freshwater Basalt Lake. As Sergey comments, Antarctica is the best place to search for meteorites because of the ice cover of the continent.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Sergey Ryazansky’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:]