[:ja]ジェシカ・メイヤー宇宙飛行士がISSから撮影した夜のタイの首都バンコクとイカ釣り漁の灯りです。バンコクは都市圏人口は1500万人を超える世界有数の大都市です。
バンコクの歴史は1782年、ラーマ1世がタークシンを処刑しそれまでのトンブリーからチャオプラヤー川の対岸に首都を移したことに始まります。ラーマ1世が遷都した理由として、トンブリーがチャオプラヤー川西岸にあり、当時チャオプラヤー川周辺に勢力を広げようとしていたビルマのコンバウン王朝（現、ミャンマー）の進入が容易だったからです。都市計画や規制を置き去りにしたバンコクの急速な成長は無秩序な景観や脆弱なインフラの原因となり、1990年代には深刻な大気汚染を引き起こしました。近年では公共交通機関が発達し、政府により急ピッチで整備されています。また、イカの活性は夜ですので、漁師たちは緑のライトを使ってプランクトンや魚を集め、それらを餌とするイカを釣ります。
地上の様子はこちらです。
参考文献： Jessica Meir’s Tweet
地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders] No.952: Bangkok at Night🇹🇭
Astronaut Jessica Meir captured from ISS Bangkok, the capital of Thailand and squid fishing lights.
The history of Bangkok dates back to the early 15th century, when it was a village on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River, under the rule of Ayutthaya. In 1782, King Rama I succeeded Taksin, moved the capital to the eastern bank’s Rattanakosin Island, thus founding the Rattanakosin Kingdom. Bangkok’s rapid growth with little urban planning and regulation has resulted in a haphazard cityscape, inadequate infrastructure systems and severe air pollution in 1990’s. In recent years the city has since turned to public transport in an attempt to solve these major issues. Also, fishermen use green lights to attract plankton and fish, the preferred diet of squid which is active at night.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Jessica Meir’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.952: Bangkok at Night🇹🇭
Astronaut Jessica Meir captured from ISS Bangkok, the capital of Thailand and squid fishing lights.
The history of Bangkok dates back to the early 15th century, when it was a village on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River, under the rule of Ayutthaya. In 1782, King Rama I succeeded Taksin, moved the capital to the eastern bank’s Rattanakosin Island, thus founding the Rattanakosin Kingdom. Bangkok’s rapid growth with little urban planning and regulation has resulted in a haphazard cityscape, inadequate infrastructure systems and severe air pollution in 1990’s. In recent years the city has since turned to public transport in an attempt to solve these major issues. Also, fishermen use green lights to attract plankton and fish, the preferred diet of squid which is active at night.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Jessica Meir’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:]