[:ja]アントン・シュカプレロフ宇宙飛行士がISSから撮影したカザフスタンの首都アスタナです。1997年にアルマトイから遷都されました。画像からは、5月ですが周辺の川や湖が凍っている様子がわかります。
アスタナは人口100万人超でアルマトイに次ぐ同国第2の都市です。1998年のカザフスタン政府主催の国際コンペで1位に選ばれた日本の建築家・黒川紀章の都市計画案に基づき開発が続けられています。シベリア寒気団の直撃により最低気温が-50度近くになることもある世界で最も冬の寒さが厳しい首都とも言われます。夏は時に40度近くに達することもあり、年較差は90度近い大陸性気候です。
地上の様子はこちらです。
参考文献： Anton Shkaplerov’s Tweet
ウェブ地球儀で地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders] No.507: Astana, Kazakhstan🇰🇿
Astronaut Anton Shkaplerov captured from ISS Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. The satellite image shows the ponds and rivers are still frozen even in May.
Astana with 1 million population is the second largest city in Kazakhstan, behind Almaty. Modern Astana is a planned city designed by Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa.
Astana has an extreme continental climate with warm summers and very cold, dry winters, and the city is one of the coldest capital cities in the world. Summer temperatures occasionally reach 40°C while it can reach −50°C in winter, with the range of 90°C throughout the year.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Anton Shkaplerov’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.507: Astana, Kazakhstan🇰🇿
Astronaut Anton Shkaplerov captured from ISS Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. The satellite image shows the ponds and rivers are still frozen even in May.
Astana with 1 million population is the second largest city in Kazakhstan, behind Almaty. Modern Astana is a planned city designed by Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa.
Astana has an extreme continental climate with warm summers and very cold, dry winters, and the city is one of the coldest capital cities in the world. Summer temperatures occasionally reach 40°C while it can reach −50°C in winter, with the range of 90°C throughout the year.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Anton Shkaplerov’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:]