[:ja]NASAの地球観測衛星Landsat 8が撮影したオーストラリアのカンガルー島の山火事です。
カンガルー島は、南オーストラリア州の島で、州都アデレードの南西112kmにあり、国内第3の規模を持ちます（タスマニア島、メルヴィル島に次ぐ）。大規模な森林火災が続くオーストラリアで、固有種の宝庫だった南部のカンガルー島の3分の1が焼け跡と化した様子が明らかになりました。同島には絶滅の危機にさらされている固有種が多数生息しています。カンガルー島の画像には、かつて豊かな緑に覆われていた地が焼け跡となり、今も火災が続く様子が写っています。カンガルー島は15.5万ヘクタールが火災にのみこまれたとNASAは推定し、「生態学的悲劇」と形容しています。
地上の様子はこちらです。
参考文献： Fires Ravage Kangaroo Island
地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders] No.938: Kangaroo Island🇦🇺
NASA’s Landsat 8 captured the wildfire of Kangaroo Island, Australia.
Kangaroo Island is Australia’s third-largest island, after Tasmania and Melville Island. The island has several nature reserves to protect the remnants of its natural vegetation and native animals such as sea lions, koalas and diverse bird species, with the largest and best-known being Flinders Chase National Park at the western end. On January 9, 2020, Landsat 8 acquired natural-color observations of burned land and thick smoke covering Australia’s Kangaroo Island. According to news reports, at least 156,000 hectares have burned and 50 homes have been destroyed on the island of 4,700 people.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Fires Ravage Kangaroo Island
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.938: Kangaroo Island🇦🇺
NASA’s Landsat 8 captured the wildfire of Kangaroo Island, Australia.
Kangaroo Island is Australia’s third-largest island, after Tasmania and Melville Island. The island has several nature reserves to protect the remnants of its natural vegetation and native animals such as sea lions, koalas and diverse bird species, with the largest and best-known being Flinders Chase National Park at the western end. On January 9, 2020, Landsat 8 acquired natural-color observations of burned land and thick smoke covering Australia’s Kangaroo Island. According to news reports, at least 156,000 hectares have burned and 50 homes have been destroyed on the island of 4,700 people.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Fires Ravage Kangaroo Island
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:]