Astronaut aboard ISS captured Tasmania, Australia.
Tasmania is 240km to the south of Australia, separated by Bass Strait, but was bridged in the last Ice Age 10,000 years ago. Tasmania’s dolorite rock formation is thought as the evidence of its linkage to Antarctica several million years ago. The presence of mountain ranges is a primary factor in the rain shadow effect, where the western half receives the majority of rainfall, which also influences the types of vegetation that can grow. Also, the Tasmanian devil, the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world, exit in Tasmania.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
