[:ja]リッキー・アーノルド宇宙飛行士がISSから撮影した人口380万人の南アフリカ第2の都市ケープタウンです。
ケープタウンはもともと東アフリカ・インド・東アジア貿易に携わるオランダ船の食料基地として建設されました。南アフリカで初めてのヨーロッパ植民地を設立、町は急速に成長してヨーロッパ初の前哨基地（キャッスル・オブ・グッドホープ）という元々の目的を超えてました。テーブル湾に面する同市はその港が有名であるとともに、世界的に有名なテーブルマウンテンや喜望峰などを含んだケープ草原の中にあります。ちなみに、喜望峰がアフリカ大陸の最南端といわれることがありますが、実際には東南東へ約150km離れているアガラス岬が最南端です。
地上の様子はこちらです。
参考文献： Ricky Arnold’s Tweet
ウェブ地球儀で地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders] No.527: Cape Town, South Africa🇿🇦
Astronaut Ricky Arnold captured from ISS South Africa’s 2nd largest city, Cape Town.
Cape Town was first developed by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) as a victualling (supply) station for Dutch ships sailing to East Africa, India, and the Far East. As the first permanent European settlement in South Africa is established in 1652, the city quickly outgrew its original purpose as the first European outpost at the Castle of Good Hope, becoming the economic and cultural hub of the Cape Colony. The city is famous for its harbor, for its natural setting in the Cape Floristic Region, and for such well-known landmarks as Table Mountain and Cape Point. The southernmost point of Africa is Cape Agulhas about 150km to the east-southeast.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Ricky Arnold’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.527: Cape Town, South Africa🇿🇦
Astronaut Ricky Arnold captured from ISS South Africa’s 2nd largest city, Cape Town.
Cape Town was first developed by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) as a victualling (supply) station for Dutch ships sailing to East Africa, India, and the Far East. As the first permanent European settlement in South Africa is established in 1652, the city quickly outgrew its original purpose as the first European outpost at the Castle of Good Hope, becoming the economic and cultural hub of the Cape Colony. The city is famous for its harbor, for its natural setting in the Cape Floristic Region, and for such well-known landmarks as Table Mountain and Cape Point. The southernmost point of Africa is Cape Agulhas about 150km to the east-southeast.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Ricky Arnold’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:]