[:ja]セルゲイ・リャザンスキー宇宙飛行士がISSから撮影したカスピ海のカラボガスゴル湾です。湾はトルクメニスタンに属しています。
カスピ海には幾つかの湾が存在しますが、最大の湾がカラボガスゴル湾です。水深は浅いです。かつてこの湾にはカスピ海から水が流れ込んでいましたが、カスピ海の水位は1977年から1990年代半ばまでは約2mほど上昇したものの、1980年に旧ソビエト連邦により、カスピ海とカラボガスゴル湾をつなぐ海峡が堰き止められて水の流入が止まったため、1983年末までにカラボガスゴル湾は濃縮され結晶化した塩分を残してほぼ干上がりました。
地上の様子はこちらです。
参考文献： Sergey Ryazansky’s Tweet
地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders] No.794: Kara-Bogaz-Gol Bay🇹🇲
Astronaut Sergey Ryazansky captured from ISS Kara-Bogaz-Gol (Garabogazköl) Bay of the Caspian Sea, Turkmenistan.
The Garabogazköl Aylagy or Kara-Bogaz-Gol is a shallow inundated depression in the northwestern corner of Turkmenistan. It forms a lagoon of the Caspian Sea with a surface area of about 18,000km2. It is separated from the Caspian Sea proper, which lies immediately to the west, by a narrow, rocky ridge having a very narrow opening in the rock through which the Caspian waters flow, cascading down into Garabogazköl, leading to the Turkmen language name of the bay, “Mighty Strait Lake”. The salinity of the bay is about 35%, compared to the Caspian Sea’s 1.2%, and 3–4% for the bulk of the world’s oceans. Because of the exceptionally high salinity, comparable to the Dead Sea, it has practically no marine vegetation.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Sergey Ryazansky’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.794: Kara-Bogaz-Gol Bay🇹🇲
Astronaut Sergey Ryazansky captured from ISS Kara-Bogaz-Gol (Garabogazköl) Bay of the Caspian Sea, Turkmenistan.
The Garabogazköl Aylagy or Kara-Bogaz-Gol is a shallow inundated depression in the northwestern corner of Turkmenistan. It forms a lagoon of the Caspian Sea with a surface area of about 18,000km2. It is separated from the Caspian Sea proper, which lies immediately to the west, by a narrow, rocky ridge having a very narrow opening in the rock through which the Caspian waters flow, cascading down into Garabogazköl, leading to the Turkmen language name of the bay, “Mighty Strait Lake”. The salinity of the bay is about 35%, compared to the Caspian Sea’s 1.2%, and 3–4% for the bulk of the world’s oceans. Because of the exceptionally high salinity, comparable to the Dead Sea, it has practically no marine vegetation.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Sergey Ryazansky’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:]