[:ja]ランディ・ブレズニク宇宙飛行士がISSから撮影したエジプトのアレクサンドリアです。アレクサンドリアは、カイロに次ぐエジプト第2の都市で、都市的地域の人口は500万人を超えます。
マケドニア国王アレクサンドロス3世（アレクサンダー大王）が、その遠征行の途上でオリエントの各地に自らの名を冠して建設したギリシア風の都市の第一号でした。歴史的経緯から多くの文化的要素を合わせ持ち、独特かつ開放的でコスモポリタン、そこはかとなく欧米的な雰囲気が漂う国際観光・商業都市です。古代のアレクサンドリアは世界の七不思議の一つに数えられる巨大なファロス島の大灯台（現カーイト・ベイの要塞）や、世界中のあらゆる分野の書物を集め、70万冊の蔵書を誇りながらも歴史の闇に忽然と消えたアレクサンドリア図書館があり、ヘレニズム時代の商業（地中海貿易）と文化の中心地として栄えました。
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.498: Alexandria, Egypt🇪🇬
Astronaut Randy Bresnik captured from ISS Alexandria, Egypt, the second-largest city with over 5 million population and a major economic center in the country.
Alexandria was founded around a small, ancient Egyptian town c. 332 BC by Alexander the Great. It became an important center of Hellenistic civilization, known for the Lighthouse of Alexandria (Pharos), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and its Great Library, the largest in the ancient world; now replaced by a modern one. From the late 18th century, Alexandria became a major center of the international shipping industry and one of the most important trading centers in the world.
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.498: Alexandria, Egypt🇪🇬
Astronaut Randy Bresnik captured from ISS Alexandria, Egypt, the second-largest city with over 5 million population and a major economic center in the country.
Alexandria was founded around a small, ancient Egyptian town c. 332 BC by Alexander the Great. It became an important center of Hellenistic civilization, known for the Lighthouse of Alexandria (Pharos), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and its Great Library, the largest in the ancient world; now replaced by a modern one. From the late 18th century, Alexandria became a major center of the international shipping industry and one of the most important trading centers in the world.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Randy Bresnik’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:]