[:ja]NASAの地球観測衛星Terraが撮影したカナダ、ハドソン湾の氷です。
ベルチャー諸島付近の海氷が崩落しつつあり、通常は8月中旬には姿を消します。海氷の存在は、ホッキョクグマなどハドソン湾の生物に与える影響が大きいです。ホッキョクグマは海氷があればアザラシなどを追い、海氷が融解する夏には陸地まで泳いで空腹に耐え、海氷が形成されるのを待ちます。
地上の様子はこちらです。
参考文献： There Goes the Ice (NASA Earth Observatory)
ウェブ地球儀で地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders] No.559: Ice on Hudson Bay🇨🇦
NASA’s Terra satellite captured the ice of Hudson Bay, Canada.
A large patch of ice is swirling in the southern part of the bay near the Belcher Islands, and ice is breaking up on the bay. Sea ice can linger on Hudson Bay into the summer, but it is usually gone by mid-August. Also, the rhythms of sea ice play a central role in the lives of the animals of Hudson Bay, particularly polar bears. When the bay is topped with ice, polar bears head out to hunt for seals and other prey. When the ice melts in the summer, the bears swim to shore, where they fast until sea ice returns.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: There Goes the Ice (NASA Earth Observatory)
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH
[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.559: Ice on Hudson Bay🇨🇦
NASA’s Terra satellite captured the ice of Hudson Bay, Canada.
A large patch of ice is swirling in the southern part of the bay near the Belcher Islands, and ice is breaking up on the bay. Sea ice can linger on Hudson Bay into the summer, but it is usually gone by mid-August. Also, the rhythms of sea ice play a central role in the lives of the animals of Hudson Bay, particularly polar bears. When the bay is topped with ice, polar bears head out to hunt for seals and other prey. When the ice melts in the summer, the bears swim to shore, where they fast until sea ice returns.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: There Goes the Ice (NASA Earth Observatory)
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:]