[:ja]NASAの地球観測衛星Aquaが撮影した南米🇪🇨エクアドルのガラパゴス諸島です。
「ガラパゴス」はスペイン語でゾウガメを意味しますが、大型の爬虫類が地上の動物相で大きな役割を果たしているのが目を引くことが由来とされています。この海洋島は大陸と陸続きになった歴史を持たず、多くの固有生物種が見られ、1978年に世界遺産（自然遺産）として登録されました。
イギリスの自然科学者チャールズ・ダーウィンが測量船ビーグル号に乗船し進化論の着想を得ることになった航海で訪れたことで有名です。ダーウィンは航海の後半、1835年9月15日から10月20日まで滞在しました。当時のガラパゴス諸島は囚人流刑地でした。
ちなみに、トーマス・ペスケット宇宙飛行士が撮影したガラパゴス諸島はこちらです。
参考文献： The Galapagos Archipelago
ウェブ地球儀で地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders] No.162: Galapagos Islands of 🇪🇨Ecuador
NASA’s Aqua satellite captured the Galapagos Islands of 🇪🇨Ecuador.
Galapagos means a tortoise in Spanish. As represented by the word, the island never had history of linking to continents and thus nourished vast number of endemic species. The islands were registered as UNESCO World Heritage in 1978.
The islands are famous for British scientist Charles Darwin to have visited during the voyage of the Beagle and got inspiration of Theory of Evolution then. Darwin stayed on the island from Sept.15 to Oct.20, 1835. The islands were then the penal colony.
This is the Galapagos Islands captured by astronaut Thomas Pesquet.
Reference: The Galapagos Archipelago
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.162: Galapagos Islands of 🇪🇨Ecuador
NASA’s Aqua satellite captured the Galapagos Islands of 🇪🇨Ecuador.
Galapagos means a tortoise in Spanish. As represented by the word, the island never had history of linking to continents and thus nourished vast number of endemic species. The islands were registered as UNESCO World Heritage in 1978.
The islands are famous for British scientist Charles Darwin to have visited during the voyage of the Beagle and got inspiration of Theory of Evolution then. Darwin stayed on the island from Sept.15 to Oct.20, 1835. The islands were then the penal colony.
This is the Galapagos Islands captured by astronaut Thomas Pesquet.
Reference: The Galapagos Archipelago
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:]