[:ja]ランディ・ブレズニク宇宙飛行士がISSから撮影した大西洋のスペイン領、カナリア諸島です。
カナリア諸島は、アフリカのモロッコ、西サハラ沖の7つの島からなるスペイン領の群島です。水深が少なくとも2千mの大西洋底から突き出た火山島で、白亜紀からの地下マグマのホットスポット作用で出来たと考えられています。常に吹く貿易風の影響で比較的温和であり、年間降水量は200㎜前後と少なくなっています。大陸から隔絶された島であり、欧州大陸やアフリカ北端を覆った氷河の影響を受けなかったため、原生種である竜血樹や照葉樹林の一種ラウリシルバなど、複数の固有の生物種、生態系が保護されています。
地上の様子はこちらです。
参考文献： Randy Bresnik’s Tweet
ウェブ地球儀で地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders] No.492: Canary Islands🇮🇨
Astronaut Randy Bresnik captured from ISS the Canary Islands or the Canaries (Canarias), an archipelago and autonomous community of Spain located on the Atlantic Ocean, 100km west of Morocco..
The islands were originally volcanic islands formed by the Canary hotspot. The climate is tropical and desertic, moderated by the sea and in summer by the trade winds. Away from African continent, the islands fostered endemic species such as laurisilva.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Randy Bresnik’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.492: Canary Islands🇮🇨
Astronaut Randy Bresnik captured from ISS the Canary Islands or the Canaries (Canarias), an archipelago and autonomous community of Spain located on the Atlantic Ocean, 100km west of Morocco..
The islands were originally volcanic islands formed by the Canary hotspot. The climate is tropical and desertic, moderated by the sea and in summer by the trade winds. Away from African continent, the islands fostered endemic species such as laurisilva.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Randy Bresnik’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:]