[:ja]アレックス・ゲルスト宇宙飛行士がISSから撮影した千島列島（クリル諸島）です。
千島列島は、北海道本島の東、根室海峡からカムチャツカ半島の南、千島海峡までの間に連なる列島で、ロシアではクリル諸島と呼ばれます。南千島に対する日本の領有権を主張する立場から、これらの島々を北方四島（北方領土）と呼ぶことがあります。千島列島は環太平洋火山帯の一部をなす火山列島であり、北アメリカプレートの下に太平洋プレートがもぐりこんだ結果生じた成層火山の頂上にあたり、今でも多くの島が活発に火山活動を起こしています。千島列島の気候は厳しく、風が強く非常に寒い冬が長く続きます。画像にもあるように、夏は短く、霧がしばしば発生し、山には雪が残ることがあり、年平均降水量は760~1000mmと多めで、ほとんどは雪です。
地上の様子はこちらです。
参考文献： Alex Gerst’s Tweet
地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders] No.599: Kuril Islands in Clouds
Astronaut Alex Gerst captured from ISS Kuril Islands (Chishima Islands in Japanese).
The Kuril Islands are a volcanic archipelago, a part of the Ring of Fire, formed as a result of the subduction of the Pacific Plate under the Okhotsk Plate. The islands stretch northeast from Hokkaido, Japan, to Kamchatka, Russia, separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the north Pacific Ocean. The chain has around 100 volcanoes, some 40 of which are active, and many hot springs and fumaroles, and there is frequent seismic activity. The climate on the islands is generally severe, with long, cold, stormy winters and short and notoriously foggy summers, as shown by this photo. The islands are under conflict as Japan claims the two southernmost large islands as part of its territory while all the islands are currently under Russian jurisdiction.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Alex Gerst’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.599: Kuril Islands in Clouds
Astronaut Alex Gerst captured from ISS Kuril Islands (Chishima Islands in Japanese).
The Kuril Islands are a volcanic archipelago, a part of the Ring of Fire, formed as a result of the subduction of the Pacific Plate under the Okhotsk Plate. The islands stretch northeast from Hokkaido, Japan, to Kamchatka, Russia, separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the north Pacific Ocean. The chain has around 100 volcanoes, some 40 of which are active, and many hot springs and fumaroles, and there is frequent seismic activity. The climate on the islands is generally severe, with long, cold, stormy winters and short and notoriously foggy summers, as shown by this photo. The islands are under conflict as Japan claims the two southernmost large islands as part of its territory while all the islands are currently under Russian jurisdiction.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Alex Gerst’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:]