[:ja]宇宙飛行士がISSから撮影したイタリアのマイエッラ山地です。
マイエラ山地／マイエラ・マシーフはイタリア中部のアペニン山脈に位置し、2,793mのモンテ・アマーロを中心とした山塊です。複雑な地殻変動により、海底にあった地層が1億年前から2300万年前の間に隆起し形成されました。マイエラ・マシーフは背斜（構造地質学において、山状になっていて古い地層が中心部に来ているような褶曲）という特殊な地質構造を持ち、原油を褶曲内部に保持しており、19~20世紀にはイタリアの石油産業で重要な役割を果たしました。アペニン山脈の生物多様性を保護する目的で、1991年にマイエラ国立公園が設立されました。
地上の様子はこちらです。
参考文献： Maiella Massif, Italy (NASA Earth Observatory)
地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders] No.958: Maiella, Italy🇮🇹
Astronaut on board ISS captured Maiella, Italy.
Maiella stands amidst Italy’s Central Apennine Mountains, and it is centered on the Maiella Massif, of which Monte Amaro is highest peak at 2,793m. Complicated tectonics elevated the Maiella Massif from rock layers that were originally deposited at the bottom of the sea between 23-100 million years ago. The massif is a geologic formation called an anticline, an arch-like structure of folded rock layers that can trap petroleum. Maiella was important to Italy’s oil industry in the 19th and 20th centuries. In 1991, Maiella National Park was created to preserve the area’s unique biodiversity and archaeological significance in the Apennines.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Maiella Massif, Italy (NASA Earth Observatory)
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.958: Maiella, Italy🇮🇹
Astronaut on board ISS captured Maiella, Italy.
Maiella stands amidst Italy’s Central Apennine Mountains, and it is centered on the Maiella Massif, of which Monte Amaro is highest peak at 2,793m. Complicated tectonics elevated the Maiella Massif from rock layers that were originally deposited at the bottom of the sea between 23-100 million years ago. The massif is a geologic formation called an anticline, an arch-like structure of folded rock layers that can trap petroleum. Maiella was important to Italy’s oil industry in the 19th and 20th centuries. In 1991, Maiella National Park was created to preserve the area’s unique biodiversity and archaeological significance in the Apennines.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Maiella Massif, Italy (NASA Earth Observatory)
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:]