[:ja]デービッド・サンジャック宇宙飛行士がISSから撮影したバハ・カリフォルニアです。
バハ・カリフォルニア半島はメキシコの一州で、北のティファナから南のサンルカス岬まで長さはおよそ1,250kmあります。この半島は太平洋とカリフォルニア湾（コルテス海）を隔てています。半島の大半は砂漠と乾燥低木林で、半島の東にはカリフォルニア湾乾燥林とソノラン砂漠が、半島の西の太平洋沿岸にはバハ・カリフォルニア砂漠が伸びていますが、半島北部と半島南端の山地には松やオークの林があります。かつては島だった半島南端部は、メキシコ熱帯地方と共通する多様な種が生息しています。
地上の様子はこちらです。
参考文献： David Saint-Jacques’ Tweet
地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders] No.776: Baja California🇲🇽
Astronaut David Saint-Jacques captured from ISS Baja California.
Baja California is a state in Mexico and the peninsula extends 1,250km from Tijuana. The mainland portion of the state is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean, on the east by Sonora, the U.S. state of Arizona, and the Gulf of California (“Sea of Cortez”), and on the south by Baja California Sur. It exhibits diverse geography for a relatively small area. The Peninsular ranges of the California cordillera run down the geographic center of the state. Valleys between the mountain ranges are located within a climate zone that are suitable for agriculture. Such valleys included the Valle de Guadalupe and the Valle de Ojos Negros, areas that produce citrus fruits and grapes. The mineral-rich mountain range extends southwards to the Gulf of California.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: David Saint-Jacques’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.776: Baja California🇲🇽
Astronaut David Saint-Jacques captured from ISS Baja California.
Baja California is a state in Mexico and the peninsula extends 1,250km from Tijuana. The mainland portion of the state is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean, on the east by Sonora, the U.S. state of Arizona, and the Gulf of California (“Sea of Cortez”), and on the south by Baja California Sur. It exhibits diverse geography for a relatively small area. The Peninsular ranges of the California cordillera run down the geographic center of the state. Valleys between the mountain ranges are located within a climate zone that are suitable for agriculture. Such valleys included the Valle de Guadalupe and the Valle de Ojos Negros, areas that produce citrus fruits and grapes. The mineral-rich mountain range extends southwards to the Gulf of California.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: David Saint-Jacques’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:]