[:ja]ルカ・パルミタノ宇宙飛行士がISSから撮影したイタリア半島のアペニン山脈です。
アペニン山脈は、イタリア半島を縦貫する山脈であり、長さは約1,200kmです。最高峰は中央アペニン山脈にあるコルノ・グランデの標高2,912m。アフリカプレートがユーラシアプレートに衝突した影響で白亜紀末期よりアルプス山脈が隆起して形成されました。アペニン山脈はそれより遅れて誕生して2000万年前の新第三紀の初めから隆起が始まり現在の姿となりました。アペニン山脈はアルプス山脈の一部として形成されたのではなく、アドリア海からポー平原に続く沈降域の南側の隆起帯です。
地上の様子はこちらです。
参考文献： Luca Parmitano’s Tweet
地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders] No.909: Apennine Mountains🇮🇹
Astronaut Luca Parmitano captured from ISS Apennine Mountains, Italy.
The Apennines or Apennine Mountains are a mountain range consisting of parallel smaller chains extending 1,200km along the length of peninsular Italy. The Apennines conserve some intact ecosystems that have survived human intervention. In here there are some of the best preserved forests and montane grasslands in the whole continent, now protected by national parks and, within them, a high diversity of flora and fauna.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Luca Parmitano’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.909: Apennine Mountains🇮🇹
Astronaut Luca Parmitano captured from ISS Apennine Mountains, Italy.
The Apennines or Apennine Mountains are a mountain range consisting of parallel smaller chains extending 1,200km along the length of peninsular Italy. The Apennines conserve some intact ecosystems that have survived human intervention. In here there are some of the best preserved forests and montane grasslands in the whole continent, now protected by national parks and, within them, a high diversity of flora and fauna.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Luca Parmitano’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:]