[:ja]宇宙飛行士がISSから撮影したエジプト南部、砂漠の中のイースト・オウェイナットの農場です。よく見ると、画像中の黒のドットは円形の集合体で、それぞれ農地の1ユニットになっています。
East Oweinatはナセル湖の600km西方にあり、大規模農場が稼働しています。エジプトの約1/3は農業に従事していますが、このような新プロジェクトの推進により、ナイルデルタに集まっている労働力を分散させたり、砂漠を緑化する効果もあります。East Oweinatの灌漑用水は地下水から汲み上げており、地下水は20,000~5,000年前、サハラ砂漠の気候がもっと湿潤だった頃に形成されたと考えられています。
地上の様子はこちらです。
参考文献： Agriculture in Egypt’s Western Desert (NASA Earth Observatory)
地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders] No.935: Agriculture in Egyptian Desert🇪🇬
Astronaut on board ISS captured the agriculture in East Oweinat, southern Egypt. The photo shows dots which are actually a cluster of circular farm units.
Large agricultural projects at East Oweinat are operating in the desert 600km west of Lake Nasser. Approximately one-third of the Egyptian labor force works in farming, and pioneering agricultural projects encourage people to leave the very heavily populated Nile Delta and to seek economic opportunities in the desert. Fresh water for East Oweinat is pumped from underground aquifers, and it is a non-renewable resource. The fossil water underground accumulated between 20,000 and 5,000 years ago when the Sahara was much wetter.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Agriculture in Egypt’s Western Desert (NASA Earth Observatory)
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.935: Agriculture in Egyptian Desert🇪🇬
Astronaut on board ISS captured the agriculture in East Oweinat, southern Egypt. The photo shows dots which are actually a cluster of circular farm units.
Large agricultural projects at East Oweinat are operating in the desert 600km west of Lake Nasser. Approximately one-third of the Egyptian labor force works in farming, and pioneering agricultural projects encourage people to leave the very heavily populated Nile Delta and to seek economic opportunities in the desert. Fresh water for East Oweinat is pumped from underground aquifers, and it is a non-renewable resource. The fossil water underground accumulated between 20,000 and 5,000 years ago when the Sahara was much wetter.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Agriculture in Egypt’s Western Desert (NASA Earth Observatory)
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:]